same issue here, with my NP 300E5C its one of the affected ones, my one started slowly at first, take long to shut down, start up show no boot devices, start up and immediately switch off, would also show no drive plugged in even though its plugged in, at first I though it was the initial BIOS firmware I put on but then I read more affecting it.
taken it to samsung SA replaced my board, seems to have fixed it temporarily but not too sure how long it will last as its starting its acting up again,
what else can I do to prevent this, I am using win 7 and secure boot off and CSM mode on, UEFI disabled, is their any way to flash a diffrent BIOS firmware instead of the phoenix secure-core tiano BIOS firmware, is there any other BIOS alternatives I can flash that don't have this bug?
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Date: 2014-06-20 08:00 am (UTC)same issue here, with my NP 300E5C its one of the affected ones,
my one started slowly at first, take long to shut down, start up show no boot devices, start up and immediately switch off, would also show no drive plugged in even though its plugged in, at first I though it was the initial BIOS firmware I put on but then I read more affecting it.
taken it to samsung SA replaced my board, seems to have fixed it temporarily but not too sure how long it will last as its starting its acting up again,
what else can I do to prevent this, I am using win 7 and secure boot off and CSM mode on, UEFI disabled, is their any way to flash a diffrent BIOS firmware instead of the phoenix secure-core tiano BIOS firmware, is there any other BIOS alternatives I can flash that don't have this bug?