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After shutting down during a Ubuntu upgrade, I couldn't open my Ubuntu. It first gave me the following image on the screen. I should admit that's a beautiful wallpaper:

Ubuntu crash wallpaper

But then I turn it off again pressing turn the off button long and after trying to open Ubuntu again, it gave me a black screen this time. So what should I do? Is there a way to fix it?

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  • have you tried to start with ubuntu live cd?
    – Rubens
    Dec 22, 2012 at 21:47
  • Nope, I don't have that.
    – user1463542
    Dec 22, 2012 at 21:50
  • It is a nice wallpaper :-)
    – John Dvorak
    Dec 22, 2012 at 21:54
  • It looks like a damaged GPU or GPU driver.
    – John Dvorak
    Dec 22, 2012 at 21:54
  • I downloaded this ubuntu inside Windows so can i do something to fix it from Windows?
    – user1463542
    Dec 22, 2012 at 21:59

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This looks like a CPU or GPU overheating problem. You need to check your laptop for signs of dust on its rear where the fan blows hot air out. If there is a lot of dust here you will need to bring your laptop to service, so they can clean it, and it will not overheat.

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  • Then why there's no problem in Windows?
    – John Dvorak
    Dec 22, 2012 at 22:06
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    Becouse windows has better hardware drivers and can precisely controls fans in order to prevent overhead. It's a common situation where worse drivers leads to overhead. For example, iMac with MAC OS will work fine even with games, but if you install Windows - it will overhead and hang :).
    – grigoryvp
    Dec 23, 2012 at 6:24
  • Why would that only start happening after a failed upgrade?
    – user
    Dec 23, 2012 at 14:11

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