Tested Ubuntu 18.04.03 LTS. There were no soft lockups. Only error messages in journalctl, complaining about ivrs 4 and 5. Also booted a live iso of MXLinux 18.3 with no issues as well. The new bios update seems to do .. something.
How to update the BIOS:
Click "DH5JV115.exe" under Winodows mode
Tested Ubuntu 18.04.03 LTS. There were no soft lockups. Only error messages in journalctl, complaining about ivrs 4 and 5. Also booted a live iso of MXLinux 18.3 with no issues as well. The new bios update seems to do .. something.
How to update the BIOS:
Click "DH5JV115.exe" under Winodows mode
Release Note:
1. Update PI code v1.1.0.8.
https:/ /www.acer. com/ac/ de/DE/content/ support- product/ 7540?b= 1 (german website for model Aspire A315-41)
I will boot some other distributions and see what happens..