I tried with amd64 14.04 image this time. Did ctrl-alt-fn-fn1 to see the console while the machine is hung. Following messages might be if interest:
INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: {} (detected by 0, t=15049 jiffies, g= 1107, c=1106, q=0) INFO: Stall ended before state dump start BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [khubd:74] --MANY OF THESE . . . INFO: task "something" blocked for more than 120 seconds. --MANY OF THESE This keeps going on with fan at full speed. It seems though that another user was able to boot and install. Please see link below. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2271060 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1437386 Title: Unable to boot LenovoThinkpad W541 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1437386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs