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I just built a new computer for doing algorithmic research. It is built with very new parts:

  • Motherboard = ASRock B650-PG LIGHTNING, BIOS = 1.21
  • Processor = AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
  • Memory = 128G DDR5
  • Storage = Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB (m.2, nvme)

The computer recognizes all the hardware, and I can get into the BIOS. I tried to load Ubuntu 20.04, but the boot errors out. I am going to try Ubuntu 22.04.

Do I need to try Ubuntu 23.10? or will the automatic loading of updates take care of matters for me? Is the processor and the motherboard too new yet for Ubuntu support?

wjandrea
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thechasman
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Turns out I should not have tried to load the old Ubuntu 22.04 I loaded onto my 64G Ubuntu box last year. It was not compatible with my new box. I was not properly selecting the boot device in the BIOS when trying to boot from the USB stick. I finally figured out I needed to remove the SSD storage as a boot device. This let me boot from the USB stick with the newer Ubuntu 22.04 on it. THIS WORKED! yay. I now have Unbuntu on my new box as specified in the question, and it is working. I did not need to update my BIOS, and I did need to use the latest release of 22.04. I also needed to do the install with wiping of the SSD card first so that the new install was clean.

Good news = Ubuntu 22.04.3 is compatible with the components specified in the question.

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