I have the problem with unchangable bios settings. I can still boot from a USB thumb drive, so I can help with testing if someone prepares a bootable image I can put on my USB thumb drive.
some details: Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C7DE I have this chip inside my computer: Winbond 25Q64FWSIG (I will try to attach a picture) Insyde bios: InsydeH2O Setup Utility Rev. 5.0 bios version 1.08 After clobbering the bios during the 17.10 install, I erased 17.10 and installed 16.04. The machine has been running Ubuntu 16.04 just fine for several weeks now (many reboot cycles), although things like hibernate and suspend don't work, presumably because the bios is stuck in legacy mode (can't switch to UEFI). When I try to change bios settings, it says they are saved, but actually they do not change. Even if I remove the hard drive and the USB drive and boot into the bios, it still shows the hard drive and USB stick even though they are not there. If I try to boot with a different hard drive installed, the bios does not detect it (and still shows the old hard drive). Can't boot from the different hard drive. I booted with a Windows USB stick and tried to re-flash the bios, but at the point it is about to begin writing the bios, the machine just reboots. Many thanks to those making efforts... ** Attachment added: "chip inside my Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C7DE" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/+attachment/5025433/+files/SAM_3163.JPG.small.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
