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I've been having this problem for about a week and it's super frustrating. I just got a new m.2 NVME, replacing my old 120gb SSD. I installed Windows on the m.2 and was going to install Ubuntu on the smaller drive. Upon flashing the ISO to a 32gb USB stick in Windows using Etcher, Rufus, ventoy, etc. and trying to boot from the USB is when problems arise. Most of the time there will be two partitions displayed for the USB when trying to boot to it from the BIOS. One will be named "SanDisk" and the other "UEFI: SanDisk". Booting from either does the same thing. Trying to boot will result in me being taken to the usual GNU screen where I have options like "Install Ubuntu", Safe Driver mode, etc. Selecting "Install Ubuntu" will take me to an all black terminal-style screen with typical command messages going across. Waiting typically results in an endless loop, getting stuck on "end Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler" pretty often. Sometimes it will boot to an all-black screen with the Ubuntu logo and my BIOS splash above it, but I've waited here for over 20 minutes before to no avail. I've used two different USBs and even a USB HDD to try and do this but none of them work. I'm beginning to think something is horribly wrong with my Windows install or my BIOS settings that just aren't letting me install anything but Windows. I've installed Ubuntu successfully on this PC in the past, albeit it was before I got the m.2 so there could be something weird going on there. Specs: R5 3600 @ 3.6ghz 5700xt b450 tomahawk pro g.skill ripjaws v 2x8gb ddr4-3600 cl16

I actually accidentally powered the PC on once with the GPU in the PCIe slot but with no power connections and it made a loud popping sound ? can't remember if it powered on or not because I immediately turned it off. Had my face in the pc and it scared the heck out of me. Not sure what the popping could've been other than its soul leaving its mortal coil. I've been running the PC perfectly fine with the 7850. I actually haven't had ANY IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSODs since swapping cards so it might just be its time to go.

Right? The only thing i haven't tried is only connecting one of the power pins because I've heard some people manage to get at least the fans to power on when they do that but I'm afraid I'll fry my motherboard or something lmao. I'm set to get an RX 5700XT as soon as non-blower models are more widely available. My dad insists there's a way to fix it by "replacing a capacitor" like he's done on TVs in the past but he doesn't understand that the card is probably dead and it'd be cost prohibitive to try and repair it at this point. If I can find some thermal paste I'll try to reflow it to maybe get a few more weeks out of it but I'm already in talks with churches and morticians regardless. Thanks for the help.

Specs I'm going to preface this by stating that any time I say the PC won't power on with the GPU connected I mean nothing powers on. No LEDs, no fans, nothing. The best I get is a very tiny noise from what sounds like the case fans attempting to start before deciding its useless. I have a 980Ti and I've had it for about 4 years now. It's been under a lot of heavy daily use so it might just be reaching its final hours but I'm not convinced. I've tried using different PSUs (both 650w), diagnosing ram, diagnosing both PSUs to ensure they're functioning correctly and it still won't power on with the GPU connected. I tried using my old HD 7850 from 2011 and it boots perfectly with no problems. Obviously that isn't the best thing for rendering/gaming but I'm stuck with it for no. I've done everything short of trying my GPU in a different computer (I don't have the option and I don't think it'd help at this point), and I haven't tried reflowing but that's going to be the next thing I try if I don't get any suggestions. I know cards often just die, and this one has seen upwards of 30,000 hours probably, but I'd like to do what I can to get a little more juice out of it before I have the funds to get a new one.