Are you able to access the grub menu? This can be done by holding shift after powering the system on. If you can get to the grub menu, can you boot in to recovery mode?
There are also some hints at the following wiki that my help capture further debugging information: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938817 Title: blank screen on new laptops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/938817/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
