Installing 17.10 onto ASUS x399-A with Ryzen 1950x

[Randall Rushe]

Can't install Ubuntu 17.10 onto new ASUS Prime X399-A based system with Ryzen 1950X Threadripper.

64GB memory

Samsung 950 Pro m.2 boot drive

Tried with both Nvidia 1080Ti (Gigabyte) video card, then older AMD Radeon. Same installation failure.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubiquity 17.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.387
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 18 13:08:15 2018
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[PaulGBrandon (paul-g-brandon)]

I have a similar configuration and was getting an installation error as well.

What worked for me was to go into the BIOS and reset the date to the current date and save.

My Network/Ethernet connection then worked and I was able to install 17.10.

Good luck,

Paul