My Ubuntu uses UEFI.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Jo, as per https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X550ZE/HelpDesk_Download/ an
> update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (204). If
> you update to this following
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
>
> For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
> .
>
> Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
> posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
> have to create a new bug report.
>
> Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
> 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not
> perform an apport-collect):
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
> 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an
> improvement or not.
> 3) If the issue is still reproducible, please mark this report Status
> Confirmed. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-204
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1525629
>
> Title:
>   ASUS X550ZE. HDD - cliking sound
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Laptop - ASUS X550ZE (a new one).
>   HDD always issues clicking sound, even in idle. I tried 'sudo hdparm -B
> 255 /dev/sda' and  'sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda' - did not help. This sound
> appears under Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu Mate 15.04, Xubuntu 14.04 and 15.04, but
> with KDE distros (Kubuntu 15.04, Fedora 23, openSUSE) it seems to be ok (or
> rate of clicking is less, so I do not pay attention). GNOME Disks utility
> tells that HDD is healthy, "badblocks" didn't find bad blocks. Also this
> problem is in openSUSE XFCE Leap- but sound is different: something begins
> to spin time to time.
>
>   The same problem on openSUSE Leap - but the sound is different, like
> something begins to spin time to time and some time it issues a
> scratch-like sound.
>   ---
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC2:  xubuntu    2677 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC1:  xubuntu    2677 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  xubuntu    2677 F.... pulseaudio
>   CasperVersion: 1.340.2
>   CurrentDesktop: XFCE
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   IwConfig:
>    eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
>    ppp0      no wireless extensions.
>
>    lo        no wireless extensions.
>   LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
>   MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X550ZE
>   Package: linux (not installed)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB:
>    0 radeondrmfb
>    1 radeondrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-25-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-25-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                             1.127.14
>   RfKill:
>    0: hci0: Bluetooth
>         Soft blocked: no
>         Hard blocked: no
>   Tags:  trusty
>   Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
>   _MarkForUpload: True
>   dmi.bios.date: 09/09/2014
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 202
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>   dmi.board.name: X550ZE
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No  Asset  Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr202:bd09/09/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX550ZE:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX550ZE:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: X550ZE
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
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