Power Suspend Issue on HP EliteBook 840 G6 Notebook & 18.04 - SOLVED

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:34:35 +0100, Ian A. Taylor wrote:
>On 10/04/2020 11:27, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:37:43 +0100, Ian A. Taylor wrote:  
>>> Fortunately this machine was dual boot and I managed to get the BIOS
>>> installed that way  
>> "Update the BIOS manually from a USB Flash drive (outside of
>> Windows)" -
>> https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00042629?jumpid=hpr_r1002_usen_link3
>>
>> Does it mean that Windows is required even to update the BIOS by an
>> USB device? Wow! Nowadays almost all, if not all BIOS updates could
>> be downloaded by any operating system and be installed by the BIOS
>> from any device, USB Flash, USB HDD, SATA SSD etc..
>
>I not feel qualified to say what I think you are suggesting here
>
>What I experienced was that when I booted the laptop in linux and went 
>to that page
>
>Then it didn't find anything
>
>Sorry I forget the message it displayed
>
>But when I went in windows I was able to get the update and install it
>
>That is what I experienced

There seems to be the need to download a Windows executable, even to
get the BIOS upgrade on an USB stick. It probably works on Linux, after
installing https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/wine .