RazerBlade 14 (2023) General Fedora Fix

Speaker

See rb14-2023-audio-fix for details

WiFi

Low Speed WiFi Fix: Firstly, disable WiFi6 (ax) to prevent WiFi6 issues with Linux.

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/fix-wifi.sh

#!/bin/bash

modprobe -r ath11k_pci
modprobe ath11k_pci disable_11ax=1

Ctrl O → Enter (Save File) → Ctrl X (Exit)

Grant access:

sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/fix-wifi.sh

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fix-wifi.service

[Unit]
Description=Fix ath11k WiFi (disable ax)
After=NetworkManager.service
Wants=NetworkManager.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fix-wifi.sh
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reexec
sudo systemctl enable fix-wifi.service
reboot

Check:

sudo systemctl status fix-wifi.service

Expected to see Active: active (exited)

Try speedtest.

The fix is essentially these two lines:

modprobe -r ath11k_pci
modprobe ath11k_pci disable_11ax=1

Try straight up running these two lines if the startup script combo doesn't work.

If The Issue Persists (presumably occasionally getting low speed WiFi after reboot): That most likely leads to a RX aggregation issue. The fix is to try reconnect manually.

Add a script to reconnect only once after connecting to WiFi. Create the dispatcher script:

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99-fix-wifi

Paste the following:

#!/bin/bash

IFACE="$1"
STATUS="$2"

MARKER="/tmp/fix-wifi-done"

if [ "$IFACE" = "wlp3s0" ] && [ "$STATUS" = "up" ]; then

    if [ -f "$MARKER" ]; then
        exit 0
    fi

    touch "$MARKER"

    /usr/bin/systemctl start wifi-reconnect.service
fi

Note that you don't want to use wlp3s0 as well. Check iw dev and find the section below:

Interface wlp3s0
        ifindex 3
        wdev 0x100000001

Interface code similar to wlp3s0 is what you want.

This dispatcher script runs a service wifi-reconnect.service when connecting to WiFi automatically during startup. You need to create the service as well.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/wifi-reconnect.service

[Unit]
Description=Reconnect WiFi

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c 'sleep 2 && /usr/bin/nmcli dev disconnect wlp3s0 && sleep 1 && /usr/bin/nmcli dev connect wlp3s0'

It waits 2 seconds, disconnects wlp3s0, waits 1 second, and then connects wlp3s0 (Note: Use your own interface code)

Grant access. The script must be owned by root and must not be group- or world-writable, otherwise NetworkManager will ignore it:

sudo chmod a+x /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99-fix-wifi
reboot

You probably want both the WiFi6 fix and RX aggregation fix, as the WiFi issue is multi-dimensional.

Optional: Performance Mode

Enforce Performance Mode To Ensure WiFi Speed

sudo iw dev wlp3s0 set power_save off

Optional: Timer Based WiFi6 (ax) Disable Trigger

If the startup script (disable ax) didn't last long. Try adding a timer based script to disable WiFi6 periodically, preventing potential firmware reset.

Be sure you run chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/fix-wifi.sh to grant access permission first.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fix-wifi.timer

[Unit]
Description=Run fix-wifi periodically

[Timer]
OnBootSec=15
OnUnitActiveSec=30
Unit=fix-wifi.service

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now fix-wifi.timer

Check sudo systemctl status fix-wifi.timer. Expected to see Active: active (running)

System Freeze

Modify GRUB Config To Pretend To Be Windows (RazerBlade motherboard specializes on Windows)

Append the parameters below to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="...":

acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=\"Windows 2020\"

Add processor.max_cstate=5 pcie_aspm=off as well if you still experience freezes.

Finally, run the following to regenerate config:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

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