Acer V5-171 Windows 8 + Ubuntu help

[Artifex Maximus]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 19 January 2013 15:21, Artifex Maximus <artifexor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 19 January 2013 13:34, Artifex Maximus <artifexor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think this is mostly Acer related problem but try to find some
>>>> solution and asking because others might have the same problem and
>>>> found some solution.
>>>
>>> Ron Rhodes posted the following recently:
>>>>I was aware of the problems being experienced with the new UEFI used on W8 but was confident I'd find a solution and be able to install Ubuntu. It took me several weeks but I succeeded by delving into the Ubuntu forums, eventually I found a posting which explained you needed a licence key which 12.04-1 LTS didn't have but that the newly released 12.10 64bit ISO does have. It has to be the 64bit and you need to use a USB Flash Drive following the appropriate instructions on the Ubuntu site and it worked and I have been dual booting and using Ubuntu for over a month.
>>>
>>>>The posting also said that the 12.04-2 LTS release due out this month will have the licence key which I am looking forward to so that I can go back to the LTS version.
>>>
>>> Note that to put the iso on a usb stick use the instructions linked to
>>> by links at the bottom right of
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>>
>> Thanks for your answer. I tried using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.2.4
>> with Ubuntu 12.10 64bit ISO image as instructions describe but no
>> success. Still just a black screen on boot and no install menu.
>
> Do you see the keyboard icon and the little man at the bottom of the
> screen right at the start of booting?  If so then hit a key.

No, I do not see anything even a bright pixel on screen. :-( I tried
keys as well but nothing happen. I leave it for about five minutes but
only blank screen. I tried with Secure Boot disabled but no change
still blank screen. Might an error in Acer UEFI loader?

Bye,
a