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I tried to install Ubuntu over a year ago and was almost able to get it right, aside from my ATI graphics card. Well, 4 months ago I bought a new Nvidia graphics card and thought I'd give Ubuntu another try. Unfortunately, Ubuntu has it out for me.

I've used both CD and USB flash drive, and I had the same issue with both. Once I restart and prepare to install Ubuntu it takes me to an orange and yellow gradient screen and then, shortly after it takes me to a black screen with a blinking underline character at the very top.

I left the computer for over 4 hours last night and came back to find that it was STILL STUCK on this black screen. I'm currently running two hard drives: one has 1TB and the other is 177GB.

My specs are as follows:

  • Intel i5 2500k 3.3Ghz Quad Core

  • EVGA NVIDIA GTX 750TI 2GB VRAM

  • 8GB dual channel RAM

  • Biostar H61MH

Any help in fixing this issue is most appreciated.

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  • Do you see anything of what is shown here. Might it be possible to get to the "Ubuntu CD Advanced Welcome Page Options" by hitting e.g. the space key repeatedly? If THAT isn't shown, how about following it with pressing F1, F2 ... F6 – Hannu Jun 16 '14 at 16:12

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There's a link for working on black screen at My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?. You may need to remove the proprietary drivers, and a good link for that is at How do I remove the proprietary ATI drivers?

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SOLVED Played around a bit and figured out a solution to this issue. Turning on nomodeset in advanced boot options as well as space pressing spacebar during the black screen fixed the issue. I'm now running Ubuntu v13.14!

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