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This is a bit long but pretty straight forward:

I tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 from a USB key but instead of the grub menu I kept getting a burnt-out screen.

From this answer I understood that my NVIDIA graphic card is the problem, I'd edited the USB key grub menu and added the nomodeset flag. While this did work when I tried to access the installation I got the burnt-out screen again.

Long story short, I did the same (with nomodeset flag) with a 16.04 USB key and then upgraded to 18.04.

The problem now is that the resolution is stuck on very low and I cannot change it. I tried to remove the nomodeset flag from the grub but it isn't even there anymore.

I am guessing that it is still something to do with the NVIDIA drivers but it is way over my head and any help would be appreciated!

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Apparently I need just a little more work to figure it out.

To add NVIDIA drivers repository I did:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update

But I could not understand how to choose the driver I needed. I started by finding out what driver I needed from NVIDIA's website here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Then I opened Ubuntu's Software & Updates, went to the tab named 'Additional drivers' and allows a couple of minutes for it to fetch the relevant drivers. Then its just a matter of selecting the right driver, selecting 'Apply changes' and rebooting the system.

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