Old laptop not able to get enough entropy in FreeBSD 11

[Bernt Hansson]

On 2016-11-27 04:24, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> On Saturday, 26. Nov 2016, 21:16:29 -0600, Adam Vande More wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Jack L. <xxjack12xx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> I just installed 12-CURRENT on the laptop and it also hangs even at
>>> install/boot/shutdown until I hit keys, then it will move as long as I
>>> continue to hit keys. I also found that if I ping the laptop, it will
>>> respond but in between pings, it will hang. Using FreeBSD 10.3, it works
>>> perfectly fine without any random keypresses. Any ideas?
>>
>> Most likely due to something like power, acpi, interrupts, etc.  First
>> thing I would do is reset the BIOS to defaults.
> Sorry that I ask. How does one do that what you mean? Before
> the boot?
>
> Bertram
>
Boot into BIOS then choose "factory defaults" or something like it.