Trying to install Ubuntu on this PC:
ASUS Z77 Sabertooth
Intel Core i7-3770
32GB RAM
Image: ubuntu-18.10-desktop-amd64
Created boot USB on Windows using Rufus 3.3.1400.Tried [GPT/UEFI] and [MBR/BIOS or UEFI] scheme. Please note that Rufus offered to choose between different image writing modes (ISO Image or DD Image), I tried both without any joy.
Booting in UEFI mode, installation gets as far as first menu where I choose from 'run without installing', 'install', etc. After selecting 'install' PC crashes - nothing but black screen. After 'run without installing' sometimes I see message 'AHCI mode unavailable' and crash, most of times PC just crashes.
USB created by https://unetbootin.github.io/ is not recognized as UEFI and attempts to boot ends up with 'No operation system found' message.
Created boot USB with Etcher. Installation silently crashes, run without installing stops after displaying USB and AHCI errors. Installation from mini disk freezes on 'Detecting hardware' screen.
Double checked BIOS and can confirm that SATA switched to UEFI mode.
Is my hardware not compatible or I keep doing some mistakes?
Thank you in advance for suggestions
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