Hello! Adding my Acer E3-111-C9GN (Motherboard part NX.MNTEH.003) with last BIOS 1.37 beign corrupted either. All u can change is a time. Removing CMOS battery has no use. Tampering with anything does not help. Crysis flash mode recovery does not proceed. Insyde tools from windows doesnt proceed. DOS Flash tools doesnt proceed. The BIOS is stuck and there is nothing that could help.
-- 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-hwe-edge package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-oem package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in linux-oem source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Committed Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Artful: Invalid Status in linux-oem source package in Artful: Invalid Status in linux package in openSUSE: New Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: Many users are reporting issues with bios corruption with 17.10. This seems to stem from enabling the intel-spi-* drivers in the kernel, which don't appear to be ready for use on end-user machines. Fix: Disable this driver. Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware. Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing anything which requires this driver. --- 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 B40-70 Lenovo B50-70 Lenovo B50-80 Lenovo Flex-10 Lenovo G40-30 Lenovo G50-70 Lenovo G50-80 Lenovo S20-30 Lenovo U31-70 Lenovo Y50-70 Lenovo Y70-70 Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0) Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332 Lenovo Z50-70 Lenovo Z51-70 The bug also affects Acer Aspire E5-771G. --- 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
