Pop_OS! 20.10 Live CD Won't boot

[Meowster]

I am making the switch to Linux at work, and I got told I can pick any distro I like. I have been browsing the internet for good distros and a friend recommended me Pop_OS! I downloaded the ISO, burned it to a flash drive, booted to it and it did not work. It says 'you need to load the kernel first, press any key to exit'. This is as far as I have got. The computer is one I built myself with an Asus Prime H410M-A and a Pentium Gold G6400. It should run, but it doesn't.

 

Can someone explain to me what is happening here? It also won't boot on my ThinkPad X1 Carbon either

 

 

[xAcid9]

What software you use to create the bootable USB?
Try https://www.balena.io/etcher/

[Meowster]

1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

What software you use to create the bootable USB?
Try https://www.balena.io/etcher/

I used Rufus, then I also tried your suggestion. But still nothing

[xAcid9]

Try Manjaro KDE.  https://manjaro.org/download/

 

[Meowster]

10 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

Try Manjaro KDE.  https://manjaro.org/download/

 

Okay, so I downloaded the ISO and it booted. But it is stuck at 800x600 on the PC but it works perfectly on my ThinkPad. Is this some driver issue perhaps? And I'm connected via DVI on the PC

[xAcid9]

23 hours ago, Meowster said:

Okay, so I downloaded the ISO and it booted. But it is stuck at 800x600 on the PC but it works perfectly on my ThinkPad. Is this some driver issue perhaps? And I'm connected via DVI on the PC

You can install Nvidia/AMD proprietary driver from Manjaro Settings Manager.