Acer V5-171 Windows 8 + Ubuntu help

[Colin Law]

On 19 January 2013 15:51, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
>> I leave it for about five minutes but only blank screen
>
> I recently built a couple of systems and experienced a blank screen with
> Ubuntu during install. Luckily, I was able to change a setting in the bios
> that provides 'legacy' as well as UFEI support. I could also disable UEFI,
> but that wasn't necessary.
>
> I looked in the manual for your Acer V5-171 and didn't see any instructions
> about bios settings, so I can't tell if there any such options. There are
> also several bios updates for your Acer V5-171, but in typical Acer fashion
> there is no changelog or any explanation as to what the updates are for.

It would also be worth while checking the usb stick in another
machine, if you have one, just in case there is a problem with that.

Colin