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This is not a support topic. It's just for information. I share my findings so someone else may fix their problems.
Symptoms
Random Crashes and lockup of the hole operating system with INTEL AX210 wifi module. Happened regularly, but not that often. Usually a lockup a week average.
I could narrow it down by using USB-tethering with my SAMSUNG Smartphone. No lockup for more than two weeks. All Internet traffic goes over the usb cable to the smartphone - wifi module not used - no crash.
When I was fast enough I could see those kernel messages before the hole box was locked up. Happens after a while. Happens guaranteed when the wifi module is used with gnu linux.
Does not happens at all with windows 11 pro 23h2 or 24h2
Fix
Opening the UEFI Menu of ASUS Prime X670-P Mainboard (basically the same as the wifi version) and disabling all power saving features related to that vertical M2 slot / WIFI
I did not take any paper notes which settings i changed or which of the several power saving features I disabled is at the end the problem solver.
I think reading about those intel graphic cards which needs certain power states brought my attention to that point.
lspci -kk
That issue was with any gentoo-sources kernel and any linux-firmware version since I owned that card before I disabled those power saving features in uefi in my mainboard.
Personal statement:
This topic motivated me to write this: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...sustainable-modular-pc-design-concept.331592/
Bad Hardware which needs certain uefi settings. Which causes higher power consumption because INTEL did not implement this correctly in their binary linux-firmware / software / hardware. It's just broken.
Hardware should never - never - never - need certain settings in a mainboard to work
Wifi was setup according to ARCH Linux / Gentoo Lini wiki - my main source of information for configuring stuff.
Symptoms
Random Crashes and lockup of the hole operating system with INTEL AX210 wifi module. Happened regularly, but not that often. Usually a lockup a week average.
I could narrow it down by using USB-tethering with my SAMSUNG Smartphone. No lockup for more than two weeks. All Internet traffic goes over the usb cable to the smartphone - wifi module not used - no crash.
When I was fast enough I could see those kernel messages before the hole box was locked up. Happens after a while. Happens guaranteed when the wifi module is used with gnu linux.
Does not happens at all with windows 11 pro 23h2 or 24h2
Fix
Opening the UEFI Menu of ASUS Prime X670-P Mainboard (basically the same as the wifi version) and disabling all power saving features related to that vertical M2 slot / WIFI
I did not take any paper notes which settings i changed or which of the several power saving features I disabled is at the end the problem solver.
I think reading about those intel graphic cards which needs certain power states brought my attention to that point.
lspci -kk
Code:
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] (rev 1a)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifiThat issue was with any gentoo-sources kernel and any linux-firmware version since I owned that card before I disabled those power saving features in uefi in my mainboard.
Personal statement:
This topic motivated me to write this: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...sustainable-modular-pc-design-concept.331592/
Bad Hardware which needs certain uefi settings. Which causes higher power consumption because INTEL did not implement this correctly in their binary linux-firmware / software / hardware. It's just broken.
Hardware should never - never - never - need certain settings in a mainboard to work
Wifi was setup according to ARCH Linux / Gentoo Lini wiki - my main source of information for configuring stuff.