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I have recently bought a Thinkpad T440p. I tried to install Arch with UEFI boot. However the T440p even cannot boot the installation medium. I also tried Fedora and opensuse, they both failed. Does anybody else come into the same problem?
Regards,
jhaohai
Last edited by jhaohai (2014-02-17 10:52:58)
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Ted Tso got one of these machines and has been writing about his issues on G+. He doesn't appear to be using UEFI at all, but has bricked the motherboard a couple times trying to use it in bios mode. Apparently, after a couple tries he figured out that having the motherboard set to do both UEFI and CSM booting was causing his issues.
So I guess maybe try turning off the CSM functionality (bios compatibility)? Also, be careful with this machine and its firmware, as it is apparently known to have problems.
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@WonderWoofy
Thanks, I alse found a github wiki about thinkpad Tx40 series problems. It seems to be a disaster for thinkpad haswell with Linux boot in UEFI mode.
https://github.com/leoluk/thinkpad-stuf … d-problems
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Indeed, this is the feeling I get from reading reports of people's experiences. But it seems that the T440p is worse than even the T440s or the T440.
I think you should just go with CSM for now and keep your fingers crossed for a firmware update that handles these issues. Just remember to turn off UEFI booting or else you might end up in the same boat at Ted T'so.
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This problem seems have been solved by recent bios update.
BIOS version 2.19
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Nice. Thanks for updating the thread. This is something I was actually curious about, as these machines look quite cool. Hopefully you are enjoying it.
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