That was interesting. I eventually worked out how to get the BIOS
updated (which requires a Windows 8.1 machine to unpack the BIOS, and
combining it onto an HP_TOOLS UEFI diagnostics stick since any HP_TOOLS
partition I had went with the Ubuntu install).

f.26 would not boot at all. Get to grub, choose recovery mode, and it
gets as far as the second line about a RAM disk when it hangs and
requires powering off. HP diagnostics seem to think everything was OK. I
didn't try booting FreeDOS or a Win8.1 stick (I'm low on USB sticks).

Downgrading to f.24 got the system booting again. So I'm now slightly
more up to date.

If people are running similar laptops with f.26 I'd be interested in
hearing about it - perhaps somehow the flash went bad.

I'll twiddle the incomplete flag on this bug after I've run with the
f.24 bios for a bit.

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