RDP Thinbook 1310
The RDP Thinbook 1310[dead link 2020-04-01 ⓘ] is an 11.6 inch budget, lightweight, Cherry Trail based laptop by RDP, an India based company. It comes with an Intel Atom x5-Z8350, paired with either 2 or 4GB of RAM, a 32GB internal eMMC, a 1366x768 11.6 inch screen and weighs 1.2 kilograms.
Device | Status | Modules |
Display | Working | xf86-video-intel |
Wireless | Working | rtl8723bs |
Touchpad | Working | libinput |
Battery Status | Working | |
Camera | Working | |
Bluetooth | Working | |
MicroSD Reader | Not Tested | |
Power Management | Seems Fine | |
Lid/Keyboard | Working |
Hardware Information
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 36) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Configuration Registers (rev 36) 00:03.0 Multimedia controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit (rev ff) 00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Power Management Controller (rev 36) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller (rev 36) 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 36) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU (rev 36)
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:5608 Alcor Micro Corp. Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05e3:0718 Genesys Logic, Inc. IDE/SATA Adapter Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 258a:000c Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Wireless Networking
Wireless works out of the box since 4.12-rc1, when the rtl8723bs drivers were merged into the kernel staging tree. The device supports 802.11 b/g/n.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth works out of the box.
CPU
Intel(R) Atom(TM) x5-Z8350 CPU @ 1.44GHz
HDMI Out
The laptop has a Mini-HDMI Output Port.
Audio
If there is no audio output, the default output sink has to be changed. This can be done in PulseAudio by running:
pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.platform-bytcht_es8316.HiFi__hw_bytchtes8316__sink
Touch Pad
The libinput library supports the touchpad.
Webcam
The 0.3MP webcam works out of the box.
Storage
A 32GB eMMC is built in to the device. A 2.5" HDD/SSD expansion slot is available. Also, a microSD Card Slot is there, but the firmware doesn't allow booting from an SD card.
RAM
Maximum RAM Supported is 8GB. The 4GB RAM model comes with a single SK Hynix 1066 MHz DDR3 Module built in. Another empty slot is available.
Battery
A 10,000 mAh is provided with the laptop.
I/O Ports
1x microSD Card Slot, 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB3.0, 1x 3.5mm jack, 1x Mini HDMI, 1x Power Port
Software Information
The laptop comes with Windows 10 pre-installed. When the RDP logo appears on boot, press Escape to enter the UEFI Settings. The boot order can be changed to prioritize the external USB, from which Arch Linux can be installed.