HP EliteBook 840 G2
| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| GPU | 8086:1616 |
Yes |
| Ethernet | 8086:15a2 |
Yes |
| WiFi | 8086:095a |
Yes |
| Bluetooth | 8087:0a2a |
Yes |
| Audio | 8086:160c |
Yes |
8086:9ca0 |
Yes | |
| Webcam | 04ca:704d |
Yes |
| Fingerprint reader | 138a:003f |
Untested |
| Memory Card Reader | 10ec:5227 |
Yes |
| Smart Card Reader | Yes |
Accessibility
The BIOS is not text-only: there is some menu composed of a list of blocks like in a graphical interface. Some parts are playing with mixes of white/blue color, but main parts are black-on-white and interface is mainly clean, so it might work well with OCR software. It does provide mouse support.
Note: Blind users should request the help of a sighted person to change BIOS settings.
Selecting the boot medium and changing settings may be accessed by pressing F9 during POST.
Function keys
| Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
Fn+Esc |
Yes | No | XF86AudioMicMute
|
Fn+F3 |
Yes3 | Yes | XF86Sleep
|
Fn+F4 |
Yes | Yes | XF86Display
|
Fn+F6 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioLowerVolume
|
Fn+F7 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioRaiseVolume
|
Fn+F8 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioMicMute
|
Fn+F9 |
Yes | Yes | XF86MonBrightnessDown
|
Fn+F10 |
Yes | Yes | XF86MonBrightnessUp
|
Fn+F11 |
No | Yes | Configure keyboard backlight |
Fn+ScrollLock |
Yes | Yes | NumLock
|
Fn+Pause |
Yes | Yes | Ctrl+Break
|
Fn+Ins |
Yes | Yes | PrintScreen
|
Fn+Del |
Yes | Yes | Marked “syst”, but sends PrintScreen like Fn+Ins
|
- The key is visible to xev and similar tools.
- The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
- systemd-logind handles this by default.