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I was just installing ubuntu on my new samsung chronos 7 NP700Z3C, the laptop was stucked at booting ubuntu so I pushed shutdown button for 5 seconds and turned it off. Now it does not boot. It just starts but the screen is blank, keyboard seems dead (only the power light is on). I hear the cd start spinning when I start the laptop but I can not eject it and nothing happens afterwards.

My changes: Repartitioning. Disabling fast boot. Changing boot order to boot from CD & USB first. Installing ubuntu.

I wonder if is there any solution to make it boot?

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Your motherboard is now dead and needs to be replaced.

There is a bug with Samsung UEFI (similar to BIOS) that means that Linux can completely brick the mobo.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6734/samsung-laptop-uefi-bugs-not-just-for-linux

How to destroy a brand-new Samsung laptop: Boot Linux on it - The Register

I really wish the news were better but I cannot find any information on how to fix one of these bricked motherboards.

Just to clarify, this is a Samsung UEFI bug and not a Linux one. Samsung laptop bug is not Linux specific

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+1 This has been resolved in the upstream development kernel but it will take some time for this fix to land in distributions; fall back to using the BIOS by enabling the Compatibility Support Module on Samsung laptops for now, after you took it through RMA. – Tom Wijsman Feb 10 at 22:27
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That was the easiest laptop death that I have ever seen. Thanks for the info. – Mehdi Sadeqi Feb 10 at 22:53

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