Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-30 Thread Daniel Frey
On 11/29/23 00:20, Wols Lists wrote: On 29/11/2023 00:16, Michael wrote: Thanks Dan, will do.  I was planning to take it apart soon to replace the HDD with an SSD, so this would be the first thing to check.  I expect finding a replacement unit will be difficult.  Every Lenovo RTC battery seems

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-29 Thread Wols Lists
On 29/11/2023 00:16, Michael wrote: Thanks Dan, will do. I was planning to take it apart soon to replace the HDD with an SSD, so this would be the first thing to check. I expect finding a replacement unit will be difficult. Every Lenovo RTC battery seems to have a different part number. I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-28 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 28 November 2023 15:49:10 GMT Daniel Frey wrote: > On 11/28/23 03:38, Michael wrote: > > Over the last 8-9 months I noticed an old Lenovo G505s laptop is spending > > a > > long time in the POST process, before eventually the OEM logo shows up on > > the screen. Last time I timed it,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-28 Thread Daniel Frey
On 11/28/23 03:38, Michael wrote: Over the last 8-9 months I noticed an old Lenovo G505s laptop is spending a long time in the POST process, before eventually the OEM logo shows up on the screen. Last time I timed it, it took 2.5-3.0 minutes. Normally it would only take ~20-30 seconds. Once

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-28 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 28 November 2023 13:13:55 GMT Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > Over the last 8-9 months I noticed an old Lenovo G505s laptop is spending > > a > > long time in the POST process, before eventually the OEM logo shows up on > > the screen. Last time I timed it, it took 2.5-3.0 minutes.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Very slow POST process

2023-11-28 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > Over the last 8-9 months I noticed an old Lenovo G505s laptop is spending a > long time in the POST process, before eventually the OEM logo shows up on the > screen. Last time I timed it, it took 2.5-3.0 minutes. Normally it would > only take ~20-30 seconds. Once the logo