I haven't done that yet, I will look into it more this evening. I'm not sure I'd know what 'proper settings' would look like, but I can see if anything is obviously out of whack.
-- - David Fleck On Monday, September 23rd, 2024 at 8:54 AM, Johnathan Mantey <[email protected]> wrote: > My initial thought, have you confirmed the EFI settings are proper? > Do you need to replace a coin battery and reset to factory defaults? > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 5:58 AM Richard Owlett [email protected] wrote: > > > On 09/23/2024 07:51 AM, David Fleck wrote: > > > > > So far, my laptop quest has lead me to an HP EliteBook 8560p cast off by > > > my employer. So, yay, free! > > > > > > Installed OpenSuse Leap 15.6, everything seems to just work, except: > > > battery is dead (easily fixed) and the wifi is molasses-in-January slow, > > > as > > > in 2 orders of magnitude slower than other laptops in the house. > > > > Try again after battery has come up to full charge. > > IIRC I once had an over-protective BIOS which slowed selected items when > > battery was charging. > > YMMV > > > > > Before I pick up a USB wifi adapter, can anyone give me some ideas > > > w.r.t. troubleshooting why the onboard adapter is so slow? It's been many > > > years since I had to mess around with tweaking network interfaces, so I've > > > forgotten most of what is involved. > > > > > > Thanks- > > > > > > -- > > > - David Fleck
