<p dir="ltr">Thanks Seb. May give laptop to youngest son and look for second hand bargain. I don't fancy turning it into a brick. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 1 May 2016 09:29, "Sebastian Arcus" <<a href="mailto:s.arcus@open-t.co.uk">s.arcus@open-t.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="quoted-text">On 29/04/16 16:23, animation animation wrote:<br>
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Can't attend in May but I have a laptop I am struggling to get Linux on. Just freezes during installation. Known problem. Forums have suggested that it needs a BIOS update. No update available. Swap Mint 17.3 for Windows 10. Does anyone have help, suggestions or experience.<br>
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I've had a quick look, and the reports suggest the same thing you found. Trying to change the BIOS versions (either upgrade or downgrade) might do it - and some people seem to suggest that the BIOS from other lines (i.e. Acer E5) might work on it - but messing about with BIOS versions is always a risky business. According to the following thread, you should be able to use the bios from the E5-573G model - several people apparently have done it and it worked out:<br>
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