Fedora 42 KDE Live USB freezes and won't install to hard drive

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I’m at my wit’s end here. I’ve installed Fedora 42 KDE on a couple computers with success now, so now I’m trying it on my old desktop. It has 1 SSD that has been wiped. It has an NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3050. I think the processor is a 6th or 7th generation intel with integrated graphics. Every time I boot with live USB, it either freezes a couple seconds after getting to the desktop, or it seems stable for a while but then freezes after I try to run an application or two. In either case, clicking “install to hard drive” does nothing. Well, not “nothing”, it does pop up the installer icon in the taskbar for a second or two as if it’s loading, but then it leaves the taskbar. It also pops up a password prompt, but only for 2-3 frames before it leaves by itself.

I’ve tried basic graphics mode. I’ve tried nomodeset. I’ve tried launch commands to disable nouveau. I’ve tried launching anaconda from the terminal. I’ve tried with a ventoy live USB and a Fedora Media Writer live USB on a different USB stick. At this point I’ve physically removed the graphics card to simplify things. Nothing seems to work, and the live session always seems to freeze after a while. Am I going to have to try a different linux distribution? I’m already running Fedora KDE on my other systems and I’m really hoping to make this work, but I just can’t figure out what’s going on.

I appreciate any direction you can provide, thank you!

Edit: Remembered more info. This computer last ran Windows 10, and all worked fine. I removed some hard drives (including the one with Windows 10) and changed some bios settings to be more linux friendly (no secure boot, ahci instead of raid for the SATA mode), but other than that it’s the same system that had been running Windows 10 successfully.

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try an updated kde iso. This one contains all stable updates.

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I had Fedora Media Writer download and write to one of the USBs yesterday—does it not grab the latest iso? Regardless in a few hours when I can I’ll grab that ISO specifically and see if it gives me more success, thank you! I’ll report back whether success or not.

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AFAIK media writer downloads the official initial f42 image.

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You are a lifesaver. You are a wizard. You are a lifesaving wizard.

Seriously though, I’d spent HOURS between testing and researching, and I’d made no progress and run out of all possible leads. Then in two short sentences you gave me the simple fix. Thank you so much, Fedora KDE is now installed.

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