# USB Installer freezes with brand new hardware

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/usb-installer-freezes-with-brand-new-hardware/9944>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [May 18, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/usb-installer-freezes-with-brand-new-hardware/9944 "2023-05-18T22:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![frueter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@frueter](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/frueter)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/usb-installer-freezes-with-brand-new-hardware/9944/1 "2023-05-18T22:50:30Z")

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Hi all,

I just got a new machine and am trying to install Rocky 9 on it via a USB stick that I successfully used to install an older machine a few weeks ago.  
However, once I chose the install option the screen eventually just goes black with a frozen cursor when it should start showing the installer UI. Presumably this is a driver issue?!  
My GPU is a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

I am looking at using the text installer now but am keen to learn more about this situation as I have never had to isntall drivers before the OS is up and running. Or maybe I am barking up the wrong tree and it’s somethign else?

Any insight in why this is happening, as well as advise on whether the text installer is the only/best way around the issue would be greatly appreciated!

UPDATE:  
After using the text installer and rebooting I got a terminal log in only, no X window, i.e. no graphical login window.  
I installed the nvidia drivers (which required re-installing the “workstation” group first as that seems to get corrupted by default), thinking that should fix this issue but now it just freezes with a black screen after the supermicro splash.

When I remove the “quiet” flag from the boot options or use the rescue boot to look at log messages, I can’t see anything that sticks out (though I don’t really know what I am looking at at that point).  
The messages just stop after the line:  
`nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3`

`nvme` probably rerferring to the only SSD in the machine.

So now I am actually stuck.

Cheers,  
frank

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/usb-installer-freezes-with-brand-new-hardware/9944/2 "2023-08-25T03:14:08Z")

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