Posts by Itsdigger

Personally , since LMDE only requires 512 MB of RAM ( 1GB to run comfortably ) as I have read here > http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2809 ,
I would only upgrade the SSD and let it fly. You'll be impressed ! I was and at the time I only had 2GB Ram and a 320 GB HDD and it was fast than .

Be careful gamers
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/fake-pokemon-go-app-on-google-play-infects-phones-with-screenlocker/

I have used Grif's method to remove these nasty things with great success...
Scroll down to " Please Try This "
http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/how-to-remove-pup-option-603542/

Are you saying that you have 2 computers ?
One connected to wifi that can connect to the internet and one connected via ethernet cable that won't connect ?
If so , have you tried a different ethernet cable.

Your'e shy on details so I can only guess whats going on .

The 2 HDD's with Win 7 and 10 on them wouldn't happen to be OEM operating systems from another computer would they ?
Your'e not giving us a chance to help you by not telling us anything about this computer .

In one sentence you say
"you can run the Hiren's Boot CD with no problem and it doesn't lose signal or shuts down" ,

In another you say

" Same happened when I try to boot from a USB device or DVD, so I can't format it, but I had the possibility to use other HDD with a clean install of Windows 10, same happens unfortunately."

Since you can boot the Hiren's Boot CD with no problem I have to wonder why you can't boot the Windows DVD unless the Windows DVD isn't bootable.
I would try a different Linux distro to prove a point .

Did you cycle the modem ?
1) turn off the laptop
2) unplug the modem from power source
3) wait 60 seconds
4) plug modem back in
5) wait for the modem to fully boot
6) restart the laptop
This updates the modem...

This sounds weird to me for some reason.
The only time this happened to me is when I changed motherboards and had an OEM OS . If the OS is OEM , it becomes dead as it's embedded into the MB.
I've changed GPU's , Ram and HDD's without this happening.
The other times I've seen this occur is if the OS is some hack or torrent.

That's not quite right for the Generic Reset.
Shut the laptop down
unplug the brick from laptop and everything connected to USB
remove the battery
press and hold the power button down for 60 seconds
reolace battery and power supply
start the laptop and see how it goes...