Official method didn’t work for me either. Try my solution in the comments.
Look back to December or January.

Martin Kucmercik



so 13. 10. 2018 v 20:45 odesílatel Joannes Wyckmans <
<email address hidden>> napsal:

> Hi, I have a PEAQ PNB S1015 i2N3, and I have issues starting since my
> initial 16.04 ubuntu installation.
> I have completely deleted ubuntu, deleted the efi partition of ubuntu,
> reinstalled windows from disk.
>
> But,
>
> I cannot boot from usb anymore.
> Every start my computer blinks a warning message with "ubuntu boot failed".
> And my bios still thinks ubuntu efi files are present.
> I cannot change certain settings in windows, and cannot use restore
> windows.
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147
>
> Title:
>   corrupted BIOS due to Intel SPI bug in kernel
>
> Status in Linux:
>   Unknown
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Xenial:
>   Fix Released
> Status in linux-oem source package in Xenial:
>   Fix Released
> Status in linux source package in Artful:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   An update to linux kernel on Ubuntu 17.10 that enabled the Intel SPI
>   drivers results in a serial flash that is read only in Intel Broadwell
>   and Haswell machines with serial flashes with SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK set.
>
>   Symptoms:
>    * BIOS settings cannot be saved
>    * USB Boot impossible
>    * EFI entries read-only.
>
>   ---
>
>   Fix: The issue was fixed in kernel version 4.13.0-21 by configuring
>   the kernel so it is not compiled with Intel SPI support. But previous
>   affected machines still suffered from a broken BIOS.
>
>   Repair: If you still can boot into Ubuntu, you can recover your BIOS
>   with the following steps:
>
>   1. Boot into Ubuntu
>   2. Download
> http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb
>   3. Install the downloaded package:
>     $ sudo dpkg -i
> linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb
>   4. Make sure the kernel is installed without any error. Once installed,
> reboot.
>   5. At grub, choose the newly installed kernel. You can choose the
> "recovery" mode.
>   6. Reboot and go to BIOS settings to confirm your BIOS has been
> recovered.
>   7. In case your BIOS is not recovered, reboot to the new kernel, then
> reboot *once again* to the new kernel, do not enter BIOS settings before
> the reboot. After the second reboot, check BIOS.
>   8. If your BIOS issue remains, download another kernel from
> http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+clear+debug_amd64.deb,
> and use dpkg to install it, then repeat steps 4 to 6.
>
>   After your BIOS is fixed, the kernel packages you just installed are
>   no longer needed, you can remove it by running 'sudo dpkg -r linux-
>   image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic'.
>
>   The patch used to build the linux v4.15 kernel in step 8 can be found
>   at https://goo.gl/xUKJFR.
>
>   ---
>
>   Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware.
>
>   Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing
>   anything which requires this driver.
>
>   ---
>
>   Affected Machines:
>
>   Lenovo B40-70
>   Lenovo B50-70
>   Lenovo B50-80
>   Lenovo Flex-3
>   Lenovo Flex-10
>   Lenovo G40-30
>   Lenovo G50-30
>   Lenovo G50-70
>   Lenovo G50-80
>   Lenovo S20-30
>   Lenovo U31-70
>   Lenovo Y50-70
>   Lenovo Y70-70
>   Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0)
>   Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332
>   Lenovo Yoga 3 11"
>   Lenovo Z50-70
>   Lenovo Z51-70
>   Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBY
>
>   Acer Aspire E5-771G
>   Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C1LE (fixed following your new instruction (thank
> you))
>   Acer TravelMate B113
>   Acer Swift SF314-52 (Fixed by 4.14.9)
>   Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5233
>   Toshiba Satellite L50-B-1R7
>   Toshiba Satellite S50-B-13G
>   Toshiba Satellite L70-A-13M
>   Dell Inspiron 15-3531
>   Mediacom Smartbook 14 Ultra M-SB14UC (fixed with official fix)
>   Acer Aspire E3-111-C0UM
>   HP 14-r012la
>
>   ---
>
>   Affected serial flash devices by manufacturer part number, JEDEC ID
> (SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK set in drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c)
>   /* ESMT */
>      f25l32pa, 0x8c2016
>      f25l32qa, 0x8c4116
>      f25l64qa, 0x8c4117
>   /* GigaDevice */
>      gd25q16, 0xc84015
>      gd25q32, 0xc84016
>      gd25lq32, 0xc86016
>      gd25q64, 0xc84017
>      gd25lq64c, 0xc86017
>      gd25q128, 0xc84018
>      gd25q256, 0xc84019
>   /* Winbond */
>      w25q16dw, 0xef6015
>      w25q32dw, 0xef6016
>      w25q64dw, 0xef6017
>      w25q128fw, 0xef6018
>
>   ---
>
>   Original Description:
>
>   Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users
>   reported a corrupted BIOS.
>
>   It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after
>   rebooting, the system starts with the old settings.
>
>   Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore
>   since USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do
>   not have a CDROM.
>
>   Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue.
>
>   Thank you!!
>
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