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Reviews	Views	Date of last review
1	5561	12-15-2004

Recommended By	Average Price	Average Rating
100% of reviewers	$450.00	10.0

Description:	I was able to install Gentoo on this laptop with zero problems. I was able to foresee the ati drivers being an issue and emerged them during initial install. The Intel Chipset is certainly supported and works just fine, I've tossed a Netgear WAG511 in the PCMCIA port, and it was detected and was very easy to setup as well (specific info posted in other HCL entry for WAG511), pcmcia-cs was installed and configured for the correct hardware in this laptop. The dimming/brighting Function key works great, however, I have yet to attempt to configure the 'hot' keys at the top. The DVD/CDRW combo drive works great, it was picked up as /dev/hdc, indicating it's secondary master (meaning I can upgrade if I ever desire to crack the case to do so ;) ); and works just fine buring CD's with cdrecord and ide-scsi passed during boot (currently /dev/scd0). In order to get the ATI drivers working correctly in x.org I did edit the videocard section by hand rather than use xorgconfig. Really this laptop worked great "out of the box" even though I was prepared for the worst.
Keywords:	Laptop Pentium4 Intel 82865G USB2.0 ATI radeon Touchpad realtek 8169 Gigabit
/sbin/lspci output:	0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Inter face (rev 02) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [e4] #09 [2106] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 96 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff Memory behind bridge: e8100000-e81fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro ller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 1cc0 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro ller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 1ce0 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (re v 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 2000 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro ller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 2020 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Contr oller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0] 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Norm al decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff Memory behind bridge: e8200000-e82fffff 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridg e (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller ( rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at 2060 [size=16] Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02 ) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17 I/O ports at 2040 [size=32] 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC '97 Audio Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0800 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 I/O ports at 1400 [size=256] I/O ports at 1c80 [size=64] Memory at e8000c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512] Memory at e8000800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Modem Controller ( rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0800 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 I/O ports at 1800 [size=256] I/O ports at 1c00 [size=128] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Rad eon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 23 Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 0000:03:00.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16 Memory at 40001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 40400000-407ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 40800000-40bff000 I/O window 0: 00004400-000044ff I/O window 1: 00004800-000048ff 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 C ontroller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at e8204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Memory at e8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 0000:03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigab it Ethernet (rev 10) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22 I/O ports at 4000 [size=256] Memory at e8204800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 0000:04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 4610 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16 Memory at 40800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

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12-15-2004, 09:12 AM

MasterC

Registered: Mar 2002

Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu

Posts: 12,568

Thanked: 0

Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $450.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r):	2.4.23_pre8-gss-r2
Distribution:	Gentoo

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Excellent compatibility. Worked just fine out of the box with a default Gentoo install (including pcmcia-cs). I wasn't able to check out the optional built in G card, as this wasn't in the model I purchased (used from a kid at the University). This laptop seems to have quite the hardware inside:
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading technology
1GB RAM
80GB HD
DVD/CDRW
USB 2.0 all around
Firewire (IEEE1394)
S/PDIF port
S-Video Out
VGA Out

However, this box does only include a single PCMCIA port. This might be considered a point to look down upon if you have a need for more (though the machine does come with a lot of devices integrated...).

The touchpad can be fully customized within the xorg.conf file:
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/

I have found that with hotplug running, when I remove my PCMCIA Ethernet Card (Netgear WAG511) the system will occasionally lockup. I have to hold down the power button for 4 seconds to cycle power, and it starts up no problem. I've dropped this thing a lot too, and nothing has happened (yet :) ).

All in all, I am extremely pleased at the ease of getting this thing up and running in linux.

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