On mié, 2016-04-13 at 22:22 -0400, Serge Hooge wrote: > Just an update, I got the RAM changed with the brand new sticks, but > the problem persisted. > > Seems to be an issue with systemd-based distros, because I managed to > get Devuan, FreeBSD and Slackware booted, while modern Debian crashed > on > me with the same result as Arch. > Serge, your problem got me thinking and I remembered a similar situation I had many years ago with some Dell OptiPlex boxes that wouldn't boot Linux even with a gun to their PSUs. The solution was to add the 'acpi_os_name="Microsoft Windows"' boot parameter to the kernel boot command line. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel- parameters.txt for all the acpi tricks you may try with yout laptop. -- Pedro A. López-Valencia http://about.me/palopezv Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. -Ronald Reagan
