Zorin OS 16 black screen with blinking cursor

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#11

Yes none of those work, grub screen remains

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#12

This... I did not expect.
What happens if you try it with safe graphics?

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#13

Works okay (some freezing) if I select the usb in non UEFI mode, standard graphics. With safe graphics seems to work fine as well

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#14

Is secure boot in your EFI settings enabled or disabled?

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#15

Disabled

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#16

I also tried using the keyboard in all of my possible usb slots with all other USB devices removed and that didn't work for the grub screen

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#17

I will admit... I am a bit confused by that. Usually the black screen and blinking cursor is blank- Are you willing to use your phone to take a picture of that grub screen?

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#18

I can't upload the picture due to file size limit, but it is literally a black screen with"GRUB _" and that is it. The underscore is flashing

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#19

What happens if you tap the e key?

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#20

No response

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#21

Well, I wonder if adding nomodeset to grub is all you need. You may need a different Nvidia driver. But you must access the build in order to do either.
If you use the LiveUSB, you can mount the partition to update grub:
https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-run-update-grub-from-a-livecd/

Following the above guide, before running sudo update-grub, you will need to run sudo nano /etc/defaul/grub
then add nomodeset behind "quiet splash" to make it "quiet splash nomodeset"
Then update-grub.

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#22

I get failed to get canonical path of /cow on sudo update-grub

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#23

That says it is trying to update-grub on the LiveUSB instead of on the mounted partition. Something went wrong.
Can you re-check your steps?

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#24

I remounted everything and it says it worked, trying a restart

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#25

Dang same screens, can't type anything from grub still

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#26

Unless anyone else has any other suggestions... Since you are able to use the LiveUSB, I would run that to access your personal files and back them up if you have not already...
And suggest going ahead and reinstalling Zorin OS.

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#27

Dang okay

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#28

I have the same problem, I take a picture on my phone I can't send it here, but if I send it to my pc I can send it. This is weird AF

#29

Maybe this is useful

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