[Bug 1791407] [NEW] Thinkpad L570 UEFI destroyed after BIOS update

[Josef Raschen]

Public bug reported:

A BIOS/UEFI update was offered via notification on a ThinkPad L570. In
the "Ubuntu Software" tool clicking to start update first seems not to
work as the update always reappeared when clicking the reload button in
the menu bar. After trying this several times, a popup window was shown
and asks to reboot to finish the update. In parallel I was running the
normal "Software Updater" tool so maybe the popup window came from
there. I triggered the reboot, during reboot, on top of the Lenovo-Logo,
some lines of text appeared (I do not remember the content), then the
display went black and the System starts to beep short every 2 or 3
seconds. After about one minute I manually switched off the system via a
5 second press on the power button. Since then the system is dead: Only
the cooling fan is running, the display stays black (no Lenovo logo
etc.), no beep, nothing. So, I think the UEFI was not flashed correctly.

Release: 18.04
System: Lenovo ThinkPad L570 (Model 20J8)

Sorry, in this state of the system I cannot give any more details about
the system (I am not even sure if the fwupd package is involved in
this), but I just wanted to warn so that others do not run into the same
trap.

** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Thinkpad L570 UEFI destroyed after BIOS update

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A BIOS/UEFI update was offered via notification on a ThinkPad L570. In
  the "Ubuntu Software" tool clicking to start update first seems not to
  work as the update always reappeared when clicking the reload button
  in the menu bar. After trying this several times, a popup window was
  shown and asks to reboot to finish the update. In parallel I was
  running the normal "Software Updater" tool so maybe the popup window
  came from there. I triggered the reboot, during reboot, on top of the
  Lenovo-Logo, some lines of text appeared (I do not remember the
  content), then the display went black and the System starts to beep
  short every 2 or 3 seconds. After about one minute I manually switched
  off the system via a 5 second press on the power button. Since then
  the system is dead: Only the cooling fan is running, the display stays
  black (no Lenovo logo etc.), no beep, nothing. So, I think the UEFI
  was not flashed correctly.

  Release: 18.04
  System: Lenovo ThinkPad L570 (Model 20J8)

  Sorry, in this state of the system I cannot give any more details
  about the system (I am not even sure if the fwupd package is involved
  in this), but I just wanted to warn so that others do not run into the
  same trap.

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