[Ubuntu] I need to get the Intel ValleyView Gen7 graphics chip functioning properly under 14.04

Hello everyone! I was wondering if someone can help out with the following issue I'm having. It's about installing Ubuntu on a X551MA-SX020D ASUS laptop. The aforementioned laptop comes with an integrated Intel ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0c) graphics board and a Realtek rtl8821ae chip for wireless connectivity. Upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10 [default 3.11.0-12-generic kernel] all the devices are functional, *except* the rtl8821ae chip which the system simply cannot see. By either upgrading just the kernel to 3.14 or the whole installation to 14.04 [Trusty Tahr] what I get is a functioning rtl8821ae chip and a *blank screen* [seems to just go off] just before the graphical interface is about to show... After TONS of research I found the following thread: [login to view URL] which points to: [login to view URL] [the instructions on which I am incapable of reproducing on Ubuntu] And also this thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1287298 [which is about upgrading the kernel to 3.13, meaning my screen goes off just before the graphical interface] What I care about is to get both the monitor's resolution and the wireless chip to function properly. Thanks. /Anastasios