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[animation animation]

Thanks Seb. May give laptop to youngest son and look for second hand
bargain. I don't fancy turning it into a brick.
On 1 May 2016 09:29, "Sebastian Arcus" <s.arcus at open-t.co.uk> wrote:

On 29/04/16 16:23, animation animation wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> 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:

http://community.acer.com/t5/Legacy-Laptops-and-Netbooks/BIOS-F5-571-UEFI-Linux-Ubuntu/m-p/398200#U398200




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