Edit: I believe the problem lies with the Graphics driver, card, or my monitor itself. My problem happens even in an installed version of Linux/Ubuntu, not just the live CD. I've tried getting the nvidia driver and following a plethora of guides on this site, but they all lead in me getting a black screen on bootup and having to Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a terminal. If anyone has any suggestions or anything, I'd greatly apperciate it.
Upon trying to install ANY form of Linux (tried Ubuntu 13.04, Mint 15 Cinnamon), I have a few problems:
First off, I get EXTREME lag in both of their Live CDs. It starts to completely hang for minutes at a time, and then eventually the screen goes black and never displays anything again.
Here are my specs:
ASUS P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 Motherboard (Latest BIOS 8/6/2013)
Intel i7 2600K Processor
128GB OCZ SOLID3 SSD (Latest FW 8/6/2013)
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Yamakasi Catleap Q270 (2560x1440 @ 60Hz) via Dual-Link DVI
Any ideas? I can't even use the LiveCD or the OS for longer than about 5-10 seconds until the hangups start. I tried getting the Performance Analyzer open once, and I didn't notice any weird CPU activity, but I wasn't able to check out SSD/HDD activity.
If this question is a duplicate and I missed it, please let me know and I will be happy to remove it.
Any help/answers/suggestions are very much appreciated.
dmesg
after such an event occurred. It sounds to me like an issue with the mainboard. Last firmware update was from November 2012, please update if you haven't already.