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The Acer Aspire One D255 is the cheapest dual core netbook on the market right now. It has an Intel Atom N550 which should be able to run a 64-bit OS. But when I try to boot the Ubuntu 64-bit live CD I only get one line of diagnostic output that it "found something" on the USB CD drive before locking up.

I haven't been able to find anything by Googling yet. Could it just be driver issues for this machine or could the platform be inherently frail for running 64-bit?

(My machine is two days old on trial and Windows 7 and Ubuntu 32-bit run but it has locked up under casual use on both OSes.)

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Yes the N550 is a 64 bit processor. Maybe you should change your question so that it'll solve your problem. E.g. "Netbook locks up when trying to boot 64 bit live cd", or something like that. – Stefano Palazzo♦ Jan 6 '11 at 6:57
I'm pretty sure the locking up while booting Ubuntu 64bit is not the same as the intermittent locking up I've had under the other OSes but you never know. I might put that in another question though. – hippietrail Jan 6 '11 at 7:01
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Did you upgrade BIOS -> support.acer.com/us/en/product_support.aspx?tab=1 – Luis Alvarado♦ Jan 6 '11 at 7:54
I updated the BIOS and got Ubuntu 64 to run for some hours until a random lock up. I've since taken the Acer back for a refund and switched back to my old Asus Eee PC. – hippietrail Jan 10 '11 at 1:01
This question appears to be abandoned. If you feel this is in error, feel free to flag/leave a comment asking for it to be re-opened. – jrg♦ Nov 6 '11 at 20:56
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closed as too localized by jrg♦, Jorge Castro, Octavian Damiean, Marco Ceppi♦ Nov 6 '11 at 20:58

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