HCL - Lenovo P14s Gen 5 (21ME001LUS)

EDIT: Apologies, I actually have another model of Lenovo P14s Gen 5?

I have a 21MFS0TW18

Not sure if what I wrote is relevant


Hello !

The price on this laptop was so low for the spec that I just couldn’t not buy it.

Wi-Fi

I can confirm the issue with the Wi-Fi card.

Currently, my “fix” is to use a cheap USB Wi-Fi adapter.

Apparently it’s possible to replace the WWAN/GSM module with a Wi-Fi card at least on the Gen 4:

I looked really hard at the driver issue and from what I understand, this is a QubesOS specific issue with this driver; so we’re a long way from it being resolved. Someone even tried to compile a custom version of the kernel module to add some logging.

It would be nice if we could hire a Linux guru to debug it… let’s pool 5k$ and get a gray-bearded Linux master to fix our Wi-Fi :slight_smile:

USB

USB has not been a problem for me, at least with the Wi-Fi dongle, but I’m yet to try docking or using my SSD.

Suspend

I loose a lot of battery while suspending, so it looks like suspending just doesn’t work well? It happens both when I close the lid and when I run systemctl suspend

Overall

If you can get it for super cheap like me, I’d say it’s an okay choice.

I’m not daily driving it yet, but will report later on + get a proper “HCL” report.