Public bug reported: Basically the same symptoms as #1882809, but with 20.04 and on an i7-8665U (Dell Latitude 7300).
Affected version is 3.20200609.0ubuntu0.20.04.0 (tested with kernels 5.4.0-33 and 5.4.0-37) CPU: Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 142 Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz Stepping: 12 microcode: sig=0x806ec, pf=0x80, revision=0xca The first sign of a problem was a hard lockup while processing the new microcode package as part of a larger update; after fixing the resulting mess and completing the update (which regenerated the initramfs) I started having random lockups early in the boot process, with just "Loading initramfs" printed on the console. Downgrading intel-microcode to 3.20191115.1ubuntu3 and regenerating the initramfs fixes the problem. ** Affects: intel-microcode (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883002 Title: intel-ucode 20200609: hangs on Whiskey Lake To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-microcode/+bug/1883002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs