No UEFI boot on ASUS Q500A with Aptio BIOS
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Bug Description
Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04 and 13.10 (in addition to Fedora 19 and 20) will not boot in UEFI mode on an ASUS Q500A laptop. The only way to boot to the disc is CSM (legacy) mode for the laptop. (Related: ).
I was able to correct the problem, but I'm not sure what the problem was. There were two potential problems. First, the case sensitivity of EFI/BOOT/
I'm fairly certain it was the first issue since I used Fedora's notes to build the bootable UEFI DVD (http://
The attached script changes the case of bootx64.efi and then rebuilds the bootable UEFI DVD according to the Fedora wiki page. The changes tested positive on Fedora 19, Ubuntu 12 and Ubuntu 13 (previously, none would boot in UEFI mode).
This fix likely has limited scope since I did not come across others reporting a "no UEFI boot" issue. Its likely limited to ASUS laptops, Aptio UEFI around version 205, etc.
Sorry I could not classify this bug. I found "ubuntu-
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Here's that related link: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +bug/1260316