[SOLVED] Installed fine, but blinking cursor on boot.

[MentalAtom]

Hi guys,


As the topic says, I installed mageia (and all went smoothly), but when I boot my PC I get a black screen with a blinking cursor and nothing else. Fairly sure you'll need more information, but not sure what... so let me know and I'll get it for you this evening. Thanks in advance!

[Ken-Bergen]

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of "Oh Sh!t, it doesn't work.".
First what version did you install 1, 2. 3 or Cauldron and what media, Dual-CD, Live-CD/DVD or Installation DVD?
Also tell us as much as you can about your hardware, Desktop or Laptop, manufacturer and model, video card etc.

[MentalAtom]

Haha cheers! I installed 3 using the Installation DVD.

It's a custom PC (Stolen from my build spec. Is not all relevant but best I can do from my phone):
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 400R MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core (3.50GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti 448 CORE (BETTER THAN 2GB VERSION!)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
ASUS 23" PA238Q PROART SERIES PROFESSIONAL MONITOR (£229)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)

Only difference to the above is I now have 2x the above GFX card.

If you need anything else, let me know

[Ken-Bergen]

Sorry for the late reply but life got in the way.

I'm not seeing anything in your hardware that would cause your problem.
Did you verify the download and the burn of the DVD?

[MentalAtom]

Ah, I meant to post. It was the hot plug HDD config in the BIOS for some reason. Turned that on and voila. No idea why that was necessary though.

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks