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@mwagen experienced comparable problems on three distinct platforms... neither featured dual graphics cards nor dual CPUs. The first system ran an AMD FX 4130 with an Asrock 980DE3 S3U3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 (2GB), 16GB RAM, 1600MHz memory, a 512GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD running Windows 7 with Windows 10 installed via dual boot. This caused graphics issues during login, prompting frequent switches to Windows 7 for fixes. A clean Windows 10 install failed, so several Linux distributions were tested over months. Eventually, a fresh Windows 7 home re-installation and phone activation on October 30, 2021, resolved the matter—using a 128GB SSD and installing a game collection from gog.com on a second system (Asus Prime B450 M-K, latest BIOS). The final step was switching to Linux Mint 20.2, which now runs smoothly with a constant boot loop (considering dual booting with Windows 10 or Linux 20.2). The third setup involved an AMD FX 8320 with a Gigabyte 970A-D3P, 16GB RAM, 1600MHz RAM, 512GB SSD, and a Red Dragon RX550 graphics card, also using Windows 7 with a Windows 10 upgrade until the 2004 update, which still caused frequent crashes and boot loops.