Hi, I could not imagine an OS installation could corrupt the BIOS (whether be Samsung's fault or Linux's).
The problem happened to me with a NP300E4X-A04CO; don't know BIOS version. Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS). I'm able to use F3 (CD boot), but I haven't tried to update BIOS since I haven't found a BIOS for such laptop (if anyone has any that works, I would thank you). I don't know yet if Online BIOS Update is working. -- 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/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop Status in Ubuntu CD Images: Fix Released Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series: Fix Released Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: I cannot provide detailed log massages because laptop is bricked right now. If you have courage to try it select UEFI boot from bios and than try to boot laptop using liveusb (made form Precise Pangolin 12.04.1 amd64). Laptop hangs up in black screen. If you force power-off, after it, laptop wont start. I mean it not event start bios, just black screen no sounds nothing. I filing this report, because i already bricked second laptop. At first i thought it was unrelated issue and laptop was fixed by warranty service (replaced motherboard), but after second time i quite sure. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557/+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
