[YBA] Lenovo z580 BISO setup horror story

[Diego Iastrubni]

On יום ראשון, 19 באוגוסט 2012 22:37:24 Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> I recently purchased a Lenovo Z580 Ideapad from Macsanei Hashmal.
> 
> I replaced the 750GB HD with a 240GB SSD and installed Squeeze. The
> installation succeeded but I was unable to log out - had to hold power
> button to force off.
> 
> Same story with Wheezy.
> 
> Installed Ubuntu 12.04. Seemed to work fine but I am too old to deal wuth
> Unity, so I installed Mint Xfce.
> 
> After installing Mint I am not able to get into the BIOS setup menu no
> matter what I press, either the main power key or the "recovery" key,
> whether F2 or F12, I always get to a limited boot menu that is not
> editable.
> 
> If I connect an ethernet cable, it tries to PXE, then TFTP boot until I
> press escape - not so secure.
> 
> Can't find the CMOS battery if there is one and can't find service
> documentation that would tell me where it is.
> 
> Re-installed the original 750GB HD and booted into Windows 7 Home Edition.
> Downloaded new BIOS from support.lenovo.com but it wont install.

... and? Is it working now? What have you done?

I assume this list is full os Lenovo users, and a FAIL is very important to 
hear.