Samsung fail. Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL '98 ML320 "Max" (160,xxx mi)
On 1/31/2013 8:18 PM, Gerry Archer wrote:
How to destroy a brand-new Samsung laptop: Boot Linux on it Linux users accidentally bricked their new Samsung laptops by booting their favourite open-source OS on the shiny computers. A kernel driver for the Sammy machines crashes when users start up from an Ubuntu 12 USB key - although other distributions may be at risk - giving them the dreaded black screen of no activity whatsoever. After the operating system froze, users held down the power button to force the laptops to power off. In some unfortunate cases, when the computers are switched on again, the firmware - stored in a chip soldered to the computer's circuit board - refuses to start up the laptop, effectively ruining the product. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/31/ubuntu_uefi_bricking_samsung_laptops/
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