Dell Inspiron 1564

This page is about my experiences with a Dell Inspiron 1564, using Arch i686.

System Specs

There are several configurations of this machine. Mine is as follows:

CPU: Intel Core i3 330M (2.13GHz)

RAM: 3072MB (1x1024 + 1x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel

Disk: 320GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) Upgraded with Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB Upgraded with WD Scorpio Black 750GB 7200RPM Adv. Format

LCD: 15.6" 1366X768 HD WLED

Video: 512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

WLAN: Dell 1397 Mini (a/b/g) (Broadcom BCM4312 chipset) Upgraded with Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 agn

Hardware Details

lspci output:

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
 02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
 ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
 ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
 ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
 ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
 ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
 ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

lsusb output:

 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 008: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. 
 Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. 
 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0c45:6480 Microdia 
 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

What Works

• CPU frequency scaling
• Coretemp module for temperature monitoring
• Function keys
• Card Reader
• Microphone
• Web cam
• Using the ATI Catalyst driver the following works:
  • Suspend and hibernate
  • 3D acceleration
  • VAAPI GPU video acceleration (see here)
  • HDMI Video (audio not tested)

- Using xf86-video-ati the following works:

• • Suspend and hibernate
  • 3D acceleration
  • Power profiling
  • Temperature monitoring

What Does Not Work

As of Catalyst 10.7, the new ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture causes black rectangle corruption. (See ATI bugs #1839 and #1845)

Currently, the fix involves reverting back to the old XAA acceleration. To do this run the following as root:

aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE

What Has Not Been Tested

• Bluetooth
• HDMI Audio