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My computer has 2 Nvidia graphics cards, and I have Windows running on one SATA drive.

I added a second SATA drive, just plugged it in via the 2 cables. I attempted to install Ubuntu 16 on the second SATA drive. It came up on the screen just fine, installed on the drive, and asked me to reboot.

Upon reboot, I remove the USB stick and set the Ubuntu-installed SATA drive as the primary boot drive. After Bios, nothing happens. I only get a blank screen, and the computer does not even seem to be working on anything, no blinking lights or anything. It just seems to be frozen there.

When I press the power button the computer shuts down instantly, no 10-second press or anything.

How can I get Ubuntu to work? Thank you for your help.

Tyler S
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Did you verify that the drives are both ok on a windows machine, or on your linux machine. Try each of them separately before you try them together. It sounds like a hardware problem. Not a software problem. Make sure you set the jumpers to show one as master, and the other as secondary.

Joseph Massimino
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I removed both my SATA drives and rebooted, then put them back in. After that, I set their boot order, and then just waited. I got a purple screen that allowed me to choose to boot up Windows. I just waited like a minute or two without touching anything and it booted into Linux. Thank you all for your help!

Tyler S
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