Dealing with what seems to be quantum behavior here. I'm having frequent Kernel panics and the problem is very hard to locate.

To cut to the chase of what is going on I am essentially getting this screen:

This occurs always after login (login screen is fine, can go into my TTY's and everything). But once I log in I have anywhere from 0 (instant) to 10 seconds before everything grinds to a halt and freezes. The only way I found out that it was a kernel panic was going into a TTY while it happens.

At first, I figured something must be wrong with memory. Ran memtest86, full standard test. No errors. OK.

CPU problem? Windows works fine, ran prime95 and a bunch of other torture tests for many hours.

Drive problem? Nope. fsck reports no problems and the smart status is ok.

Overclocking problem? Nope. Windows is working fine, and I also reset the bios to prove the point it was not the cause.

At a loss here, even trying to reinstall the thing it gives me the same problem even attempting to install ubuntu (like right after you try to select "install ubuntu" or "try ubuntu first before installing").

Anyone have any thoughts? Its very bizarre, its as if my system hates linux and is trying to tell me not to use it (that would be a terrible reality).

Thanks!