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Contents 1 Hardware 2 Configuration 2.1 CPU 2.2 Video 2.2.1 Xorg 2.3 Audio 2.4 Wi-Fi 2.5 Webcam 2.6 Bluetooth 2.7 Card Reader 2.8 Pointer 2.9 Leds & ACPI upgrade 2.10 Function Keys 2.11 Fingerprint-Reader

[edit] Hardware

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.00GHz, 4MB cache L2, FSB 800MHz)
• Chipset: Mobile Intel® 965 PM Express Chipset + ICH8
• RAM: 2048MB
• Hard Disk: SATA 160GB 5400 rpm
• DVD Burner: DOUBLE LAYER
• Display:
  • TFT 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) FineBright TFT
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GS
• Audio:
• Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth: Cambridge Silicon Radio
• Webcam: 1.3 Mpixel, Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink)
• Modem: 56 Kbps V.90
• LAN Gigabit Ethernet: 10/100/1000
• Connectors:
  • 1 x Microphone-in jack
  • 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF)
  • 1 x TypeII PCMCIA slot
  • 1 x Line-in jack
  • 1 x VGA port
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 3 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 x IEEE 1394 port
  • 1 x RJ11 Modem jack for phone line
  • 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
  • 1 x TV-out(S-Video)
• Card Reader: SD
• Fingerprint-Reader: AuthenTec AES1610
• Dimension and Weight:
  • 357mm * 260mm * 38 mm(W x D x H)
  • 2.8 Kg
• Pointer: Touch pad

[edit] Configuration

[edit] CPU

Works out of the box. For speed stepping follow this wiki site: SpeedStep

[edit] Video

Works with the proprietary Nvidia driver in full display resolution.

TV-Out/DVI currently untested, but the graphics driver finds the interfaces, so they should be switchable with the nvidia-tools.

VGA-Out is working with nvidia-settings.

[edit] Xorg

Follow this guide: NVIDIA

No problems detected.

[edit] Audio

Works out of the box.

Follow the official documentation: ALSA

[edit] Wi-Fi

To enable wireless follow the official guide: Wireless Setup

Please note that the R500 needs the iwl4965 driver and firmware, so do a

pacman -S iwlwifi iwlwifi-4965-ucode

and put iwl4965 in your MODULES-line in /etc/rc.conf

NetworkManager is also a cool option.

[edit] Webcam

Use driver linux-uvc-svn for the webcam. You can get it from here: AUR

Put uvcvideo in the MODULES-line in /etc/rc.conf

Applications like Skype (since version 2) and Kopete (since KDE-version 3.5.8) can use the driver so you are able to make video conference calls.

[edit] Bluetooth

Works out of the box, you just have to do:

pacman -S bluez-libs bluez-utils

and put bluetooth in the DAEMONS-line in /etc/rc.conf

[edit] Card Reader

Put this in the MODULES-section of /etc/rc.conf:

tifm_sd mmc_block

[edit] Pointer

To enable the pointer follow this guide: Touchpad Synaptics

A really cool utility is gsynaptics (available in the [community] repo).

If you want to disable the touch-function while you are writing, be sure to install synaptics with

pacman -S synaptics

Then you can create a shell-script in ~/.kde/Autostart like this

#! /bin/sh
syndaemon -t -i 2 &

to disable the touch-function for 2 seconds after the last keystroke.

[edit] Leds & ACPI upgrade

The WLAN-LED ist not working with the official iwl4965-driver, but only with ndiswrapper and XP-drivers. All the other LEDs are working.

[edit] Function Keys

Not all of the function-keys are working right now.

If you can't adjust the brightness of your display, be sure to

modprobe video

and put it in the MODULES-line in /etc/rc.conf

[edit] Fingerprint-Reader

The built-in fingerprint-reader is an AuthenTec AES1610. You can use it if you install the following from AUR: LibFprint PAM_Fprint Fprint_Demo

After that you can follow this Wiki-guide to set up the device: Fprint-Wiki