Christopher, i've updated the bios to 2.09 (had to boot into windows because i didnt have an empty CD handy) and the behaivor remains the same: when i suspend under ubunty screen goes off, led start to blink and fans continue to spin, laptop wont wake up. here's the output of the command you requested:
lance@Mojito ~ $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date J9ET89WW (2.09 ) 05/29/2014 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1333634 Title: [Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540] Resume was not possible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1333634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs