Does the Asus N580GD refuse to start up any operating system?
Does the Asus N580GD refuse to start up any operating system?
I bought a used Asus N580GD laptop before. Before I started, the old owner said he couldn't put Windows on it because he didn't know how. When I turned it on for the first time, the computer wouldn't start Windows properly. It always gives me BSOD errors or just freezes on the screen every single time. Even when I tried to boot from a USB flash drive, I got the same problem. I tried every version of Windows and still get exactly the same error... (BSOD). Then I tested different Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Fedora, and Linux Mint—they all freeze at startup too. I also tried macOS, but it gave me a KERNEL PANIC error. But I found that Debian and Arch Linux work fine from USB drives. The USB sticks work on other computers in my house. I moved the RAM to another slot. I put new thermal paste on the CPU and GPU (and they were getting too hot). That didn't fix anything. I also replaced the hard drive. Then I installed Steam inside an Arch Linux installation and played games without problems; everything actually works fine there, except for audio which might be a driver issue. What do you think? Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the forums! What are your ideas? You could give back the laptop to get a refund or ask for a replacement without any problems like this one. Maybe it's time to take apart the device, find the BIOS chip on the motherboard, and update it with the newest version that works for you. In my opinion, you've wasted so much effort trying to fix something that's broken from the start. Something as basic as installing Ubuntu simply isn't happening right now, which means you're stuck with a useless laptop.
I can't ask for a refund if I take the bios chip out of the laptop. If then I use something like CH341A programmer will it be different from just flashing from the bios? I've been using arch linux without problems so far so it's not money wasted at all : ( but i wanted to install Windows
I figured if I turned off ACPI and Mitigations, some of my Linux distros would finally start up again.
You can turn off some protections in Windows by using a little program or just tweaking settings in your registry file.
I'm really struggling to start Windows from a USB stick. It's known as InSpectre, and since I don't want security features turned on or ACPI disabled, the touchpad isn't working anyway. So yeah, no more help there...