Installing SteamOS onto my OG Legion Go was the best idea.
Prevention: blocking Windows Update.
Solution: rolling back to a previous BIOS version.Too bad most people who purchased a Legion Go won’t know how to do any of that.
I really hope there’s a class action over this. Their software breaking your hardware isn’t a failure of the device and should be a recall instead of a warranty repair.
Lenovo has been absolute trash for a while now. They took the ThinkPad brand and destroyed any reputation it may have had, I’m not surprised by this at all.
Remember when Lenovo pre-installed spyware on every laptop for years? Dell did the same thing. These “tech” companies are actively detrimental to technology as a concept.
To Dell, Lenovo, HP, any sign of technological progress is taken as an opportunity to cheat and steal.
I have one of these. Ive been manually shutting it down because it wants to update, I never update. But evenutally, the machine just pushes it through anyway on start.
I swear to gawd if it breaks my legion I will be pissed. It’s the most expensive single item I own.
Checks notes
- DO NOT update anything unless completely necessary
^Oh, that’s rule no. 2
The issue is Windows 11 which does BIOS updates as a part of it’s Windows Update service
On devices where I’m forced to use Windows, I ALWAYS set my network as metered so it won’t download any updates.
I bet it didn’t affect SteamOS versions…
Maybe. I know someone who wiped their Legion clean and installed an Arch-based OS and still had the BIOS-brick issue. No idea if they managed to fix it themselves yet but it’s not purely a Windows problem.
Yeah BIOS use happens at startup before the OS starts getting involved. While it’s potentially possible that the bug was only in the windows updater, it’s equally possible that it’s present in both, or just Linux. Any OS is equally as able to install a faulty BIOS update.
Handy rule to follow in the future, If it works, don’t fuck with it.
What about security updates? Those kinda work right up until they crucially don’t.
I wonder how regular users even get to know there’s a bios update. Were they nudged by win11 downloading it for them? Did they have any agency in the process?
