Fahad Azmi, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/inspiron-1545 an update is available for your BIOS (A14). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a14 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential ** Tags removed: regression-potential ** Tags added: regression-release ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-v3.8-rc4 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - 12.10 gets stuck at the 5dots screen, but not 12.04 + [Dell Inspiron 1545] 12.10 gets stuck at the 5dots screen, but not 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102795 Title: [Dell Inspiron 1545] 12.10 gets stuck at the 5dots screen, but not 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1102795/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs