I'm right in the middle of setting up my new Notebook and made quite a mess.
It's an Lenovo IdeoPad N581:
39,6 cm (15,6“) WXGA, 1366 x 768, 16:9
Intel® Core™ i5-3230M processor, 3rd Generation (2.60 GHz, 3MB Intel® Smart-Cache) with Intel® Turbo Boost bis zu 3.20 GHz
Intel HD Grafik 4000
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
500 GB Hard Drive
I first installed Windows 8.1 Pro and wanted to install a Ubuntu Gnome System (13.04) afterwards.
Since a 64Bit version showed some kind Kernel Error, I installed a 32Bit Version. As far as I can tell, this went without errors, but I could'nt boot it, because some kind of UEFI issue, I think.
So I decided to customize my Windows Account first. I installed some drivers and a Bios Upgrade. (Bios 5ECN96WW to Version 9)
From there on everything went wrong.
Since I could'nt get it started, I deleted the Linux System, by erasing the hard drive partitions through Windows. Afterwards I ran a Ubuntu installer through Windows. Now Windows Boot-Loader gave me the Option to boot Linux, which ended in a blank screen.
Every further attempt to install Linux or even run a Knoppix Live Disk ended in blank screens, where the UI should run.
Windows works fine nontheless...
I really don't have a clue, how to go on from here.
Any hint would be great.