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# Lenovo ThinkPad W520

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## Note

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## GPT / MBR Partition Table

I was unable to get the most recent version of the BIOS to boot from a GPT partition table. Everything worked fine once I tried an MBR ("msdos" in gparted) partition table.

## Wifi issues

- Update wireless drivers:
  - TODO
- Random Disconnection
  - check "dmesg | grep wlan0" will probably be complaining about "wlan0: deauthenticating from MAC by local choice (reason=3)"
  - Arch wiki hints at solution: Wicd#Random_disconnecting
  - My Solution:
    - Disable power management of pci-express in BIOS
- Wicd cannot obtain IP address
  - Wicd#Failed_to_get_IP_address
  - Use dhclient instead of dhcpcd:
    - pacman -S dhclient
    - Set wicd to use dhclient:
    - in wicd-curse press 'P', select external sources, and then select dhclient

## Nvidia Optimus issues

- TODO
- see:
  - Phoronix
  - Nvidia Forums

## Sound

- Worked out of the box, but was choppy. This helped:
  - PulseAudio#Choppy_sound

## Other

- Boot up issue with UDEV timeout
  - cat /var/log/boot | grep -i pci reveals udevd[169]: seq 1352 '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0' killed
    - Found similar issue here Arch Bugs Report
- Disable annoying system beep
  - Insert "blacklist pcspkr" into /etc/modprobe.d/pcspkr_blacklist.conf
  - Reboot or rmmod pcspkr

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