I have had that happen before when a BIOS only partially supports boot from USB. Have you booted from USB on that system before? Do you have a CD you could burn the iso to and try. That sounds so... old fashioned, but I have a couple of 10 yr old dell workstations that don't properly USB boot that I used before I discovered I could replace them with a couple of RasPis. Mac Michael wrote on 10/3/19 3:47 PM: >  Yepers.... just notes. > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:03 PM Stephen Partington > > wrote: > > No, just notes.  at least from the looks of them. > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:05 AM Bob Elzer > wrote: > > Are those your passwords on the sticky notes? > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 4:53 PM Michael > wrote: > > what a mess my computer desk is > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael > wrote: > > 20191002_193516_01.jpg > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM > > wrote: > > > what do you advise I do... > Call Geek Squad?   8) > > Can you send me a picture of the screen you get? > Memetest is (or was) prtty straight forward. > Even *I* could use it!   ;-) > ET > > > Michael writes: > > >  Okay e t I bought a USB drive and ran the > command 2 put the memtest on it > > but when I boot it gets to verifying DMI pool > and just sits . I've had a > > going for about 15 minutes and nothing's > happened what do you advise I do > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 6:38 AM > > wrote: > > > >> You only need 500MG. > >> A USB HD that size will be cheaper than the can > of air. > >> Buy one too! > >> ET > >> > >> > >> Michael writes: > >> > >> > all the fans are working. I'll try the > memtest.... I don't have a spare > >> usb > >> > drive large enough..... > >> > $ sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc > >> > dd: writing to '/dev/sdc': No space left on > device > >> > 128001+0 records in > >> > 128000+0 records out > >> > 65536000 bytes (66 MB, 62 MiB) copied, > 21.5638 s, 3.0 MB/s > >> > bmike1@MikesBeast:/tmp$ > >> > I'll take care of it tomorrow > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM > > wrote: > >> > > >> >> I agree that heat is a big suspect, but it > could also be some creative > >> >> video > >> >> driver or a bad memory. > >> >> Give memtest a try: > >> >> > https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-usb.zip > >> >> ET > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Matthew Crews writes: > >> >> > >> >> > On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote: > >> >> >> Thank you so much for the help I really > truly appreciate it. > >> >> > > >> >> > No problem, its what we are here for. > >> >> > > >> >> >>     Does it reboot while you are using > it? Are you using very > >> intensive > >> >> >>     applications on it, or very > not-intensive applications? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> So far it has only only reboot. after I > load Chrome. And it doesn't > >> >> >> happen all the time  usually it will load > the Chrome and it will > >> reboot > >> >> >> then open it again and then it will be fine. > >> >> > > >> >> > Chrome is notoriously resource intensive. > Maybe give Chromium or > >> Firefox > >> >> > a try. > >> >> > > >> >> > But based on that answer I'm leaning > towards a fan failure first. As > >> you > >> >> > said you are currently in Miami, so when > you get back definitely check > >> >> that. > >> >> > > >> >> > Could also be simple dust accumulation, > something a can of air can > >> fix. > >> >> > That is something that is obvious to see > when you look. > >> >> > > >> >> > There are a few other possible things to > check, but lets rule out the > >> >> > simple stuff first before we dive deeper. > >> >> > > >> >> > -Matt > >> >> > > >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your > mail settings: > >> >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your > mail settings: > >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you > from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze > button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss