>>Lou Hurst, could you please provide the output of: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date<<
E1762IMS.50X 01/21/2013 -- 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/1129524 Title: [MSI GT70 0NC] Precise & Quantal won't boot in UEFI Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Machine Info: MSI notebook Model GT70-0NC-008US; tag under the battery shows GT70-0NC-494US Win 8 64 bit was pre-installed Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor, 2.3 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 750GB HDD 16GB RAM No raid Trying to run Precise or Quantal (or any other Linux distro known to man for that matter) from live USB, system is unable to boot in UEFI mode. Subsequently unable to run from HDD in UEFI mode. WORKAROUND: Change BIOS to Legacy and Fast Boot to disabled. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: lou 2347 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: lou 2347 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7410000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Intel PantherPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,146210be,00100302 HDA:80862806,80860101,00100000' Controls : 41 Simple ctrls : 19 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=97d91cda-da20-46bd-8163-dd0dfc9231b5 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT70 MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-38-generic root=UUID=343a0d4c-acb6-458f-94a1-e38a5e44f7d3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-38-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-38-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 StagingDrivers: rts_pstor mei Tags: precise staging Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers dmi.bios.date: 11/23/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: E1762IMS.50U dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-1762 dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: REV:1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1762IMS.50U:bd11/23/2012:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT70:pvrREV1.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1762:rvrREV1.0:cvnMicro-StarInternational:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: GT70 dmi.product.version: REV:1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1129524/+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