@Eden bar: If you are asking me: I got it fixed by local computer shop. By local I mean I found 3 in Slovakia capable of changing BIOS chip and this one was the cheapest and able to send courier to pick it up at bring it back with no hassle...
I beleive you can find a guy capable of replacing BIOS chip almost anywhere. I know it may be expensive in some countries, if you are from western EU, consider sending the laptop to Slovakia, I can pretty much recommend one guy if you wish. I am still thinking about who should I blame? I told myself I will not install any Linux on my home PCs again. But I did not tell myself I will not buy Lenovo laptop again. Whose fault is this? Linux? Canonical? Lenovo? Bad luck? IDK... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Artful: Confirmed Bug description: Hi all, Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users reported a corrupted BIOS. It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after rebooting, the system starts with the old settings. Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore since USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do not have a CDROM. Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue. Thank you!! #### UPDATE (01/12/2017) #### LENOVO machines affected so far (please add your affected model to this list): Lenovo Y50-70 Lenovo G40-30 Lenovo U31-70 Lenovo G50-70 Lenovo Z50-70 Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0) Lenovo G50-80 Lenovo S20-30 Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332 Lenovo B40-70 Lenovo Z51-70 Lenovo B50-70 Lenovo Flex-10 --- Temporary workaround: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Y50-70-BIOS-Can-t -Save-Settings-Or-Exit/m-p/3853208#M157885 --- result from apport-collect 1734147: --- ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: tob 1608 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: tob 1608 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (37 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) MachineType: LENOVO 20378 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-17-generic root=UUID=7def04d3-7336-44b2-a084-2415f9dc2328 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.169 Tags: artful wayland-session Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 08/12/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 9ECN43WW(V3.03) dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Lenovo Y50-70 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 00000000Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo Y50-70 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr9ECN43WW(V3.03):bd08/12/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20378:pvrLenovoY50-70:rvnLENOVO:rnLenovoY50-70:rvr00000000NotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoY50-70: dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD dmi.product.name: 20378 dmi.product.version: Lenovo Y50-70 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO --- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
