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On 09/27/2021 08:09 AM, Clutterfreak wrote:
> On 9/27/2021 8:49 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 27/09/2021 14:24, Clutterfreak wrote:
>>> On 9/27/2021 8:20 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>> On 27/09/2021 13:52, Clutterfreak wrote:
>>>>> I've installed Linux Mint XFCE on my desktop but it crashes less
>>>>> than one minute after each booting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5675  @ 3.07GHz   3.06 GHz
>>>>>
>>>>> System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there another Linux version that'd work without issues on this
>>>>> system?
>>>>>
>>>> Almost certainly not.
>>>>
>>>> If linux mint is crashing it is in my experience about 99% certain
>>>> you have a hardware fault
>>>>
>>>> Of course we have no idea what is meant by 'crashing'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> By crashing I mean it freezes up silently. Mouse, keyboard, screen
>>> and everything on it just freezes as if I'm looking at a picture not
>>> a computer :)
>>>
>>>
>> Then it is 99.99% hardware.
>>
>> with luck it might just be a duff RAM chip, and linux mint install
>> memtest as a bootable option.
>>
>> Run that. If it crashes at the same point a couple of times swap ram
>> chips and try again.
>>
>> If it always crashes at the same point irrespective of what ram is in
>> it, scrap the motherboard
>>
>> Happened to my laptop. Bought a refurbed one without disk or ram,
>> transferred both from old laptop to new laptop, installed Mint 20 and
>> haven't looked back since.
>>
>
>
> Thanks. I'll try all that after a few hours of sleep. Haven't gone to
> bed yet for my Sunday night :)
>
>
>

Is it a separate video card? I've had them go bad. The problem around 
here is none of the stores sell cheap cards. No money in that.