CPU Soft Lock

[DoctorDisco]

I am working on setting up a dual boot for a Kali 2017.1-i386 a laptop with a Nvidia GPU that is already running Win10Pro. I have successfully created the Live USB however when I go running it as a live USB (so I can run gparted later in the process) CPU #4 hits a soft lock and sticks the whole thing into a loop with no end. This source, recommended a microcode package for CentOS (the OS in orginal question). Does Kali have a similar microcode package and if so, how would I go about adding it to the LiveISO?

Many Thanks

[_defalt]

I am working on setting up a dual boot for a Kali 2017.1-i386 a laptop with a Nvidia GPU that is already running Win10Pro.

Why are you using 32-bit version of kali when your system is of 64-bit? i386 is 32-bit version of kali and amd64 is of 64-bit.

[DoctorDisco]

The amd64 version would not properly write to drive using rufus or LinuxLiveUSB creator.

Edit 1: Error message reads: ISO image extraction failure.

[_defalt]

Since yesterday I've written amd64 version on my USB 2 times using rufus. I know there are some problems going on with the ISO image. Kali linux amd64 is no longer a hybrid image so Rufus is using DD mode to write data image on USB. Somehow it creates 3 partition on USB. One for kali which gets hidden, a small partition which appears to be full and the another empty partition. What i do is using disk management i combined the 2 partiton. I've run gparted so many times and i never faced this problem in this image.

[DoctorDisco]

Rufus log give me the following:

Partition 1:
  Type: Hidden NTFS (0x17)
  Size: 2.6 GB (2793553920 bytes)
  Start Sector: 64, Boot: Yes
Partition 2:
  Type: FAT12 (0x01)
  Size: 704 KB (720896 bytes)
  Start Sector: 5456224, Boot: No

When I go to install or run as live usb it either refreshes the start screen (where you can select the option) or if I go the install route, completes the first few steps but is unable to locate the CD ROM (by which I assume it means the iso file)

[_defalt]

Rufus is showing you 2 partition but there are actually 3. Partition 3 is hidden. You can use Disk management to make it visible. I would rather delete partition 2 and partition 3 and merge them and format 2+3 in FAT 32. This is what I often do after creating bootable USB.

The problem may not be related with this. That was just a recommendation for amd64 version. Boot your I386 USB into another PC and see if you face the same problem. I often use Gparted and never had this problem.

Recently intel has released a BIOS update which fixes hyperthreading of CPU. Have you updated it?