Thanks I'll give that a shot !

one other thing, when RUFUS asks to write in ISO or DD mode, chose DD. (even though not recommended)

Hi jvbunte,

If you get the error when you install some sofeware?
By the way ,if you can try to use the debian 8.1 for test?

Debian is working great on the second board, though the first board I received is definately bad. How do I go about RMA so you can get it back to analyze the issues?

Hi,

You means the first board have install debian for test?Or the first board install Ubuntu and second board install debian?

The first board will not boot to a usb drive, nor a cd drive so i cant install anything on it it only goes to EFI shell. The 2nd board had the freezing issue with Ubuntu but it is now working great with Debian Gnome.