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Medion MD6032
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0 4250 07-09-2005
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Description: Medion Microstar MD6032 notebook. Originally purchased December 2002. Quite a beefy machine even in mid-2005. Features Pentium IV 2.5Ghz processor, 512Mb RAM, 40Gb HDD, CD-RW, 64Mb GeForce4, 15.1" screen.

Installing has always been fairly straight-forward on this machine. Older distros used to have problems with the network card, RealTek 8139, but most new distros based on the 2.6.x kernel detect this fine. Graphics has always been detected fine, though I generally use 'vesa' driver, though the proper nVidia drivers have been installed without problems on SuSE 8.1 a year or so ago.

Currently running Debian 3.1r0a and all hardware is detected fine. No problems picking up sound, network or graphics - configured straight out the box during the installer.

Although no built-in wireless as with newer laptops, I also have a Netgear MA401PCMCIA card running through it and working fine. Extras instructions on setting this card available through a separate HCL entry. A tip - update the firmware first.
Keywords: Medion Microstar MD6032
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS645DX Host & Memory & AGP Controller
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 04)
0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
0000:00:06.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev 04)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] (rev a3)





  



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