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[Reimundo Heluani <1040557@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize for flooding this bug report but I posted in several
samsung/linux related forums with no reply. I guess I got lucky with
this laptop (530u3c-ad5br  BIOS:p07abh) since the bios is supposed to be
still affected by the bug but I installed gentoo with a kernel new
enough to have the samsung-laptop module checking for UEFI at start and
blacklisting itself. So I installed normally in UEFI modes without
bricking it. However, none of my leds work. Not even the  "AC-outlet
connected"  one when it's powered down. I don't think this is a software
issue and I suspect that probably it will need to have the BIOS
reflashed, but since I got rid of windows and reflashing is a hassle,  I
wanted to find out first if someone else is experiencing the same
problem, or even if someone else is not (at this point I have no clue if
all, some or none other 530u3c have this problem).

I already tried unpluging and pressing the hole/button that powers the
battery in the back, as well as going through the code in the kernel and
in the DSDT tables for clues, to find nothing.

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Title:
  UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop

Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
  Fix Released
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I cannot provide detailed log massages because laptop is bricked right
  now.

  If you have courage to try it select UEFI boot from bios and than try
  to boot laptop using liveusb (made form Precise Pangolin 12.04.1
  amd64).

  Laptop hangs up in black screen. If you force power-off, after it,
  laptop wont start. I mean it not event start bios, just black screen
  no sounds nothing.

  I filing this report, because i already bricked second laptop. At
  first i thought it was unrelated issue and laptop was fixed by
  warranty service (replaced motherboard), but after second time i quite
  sure.

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