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Installing Fedora Core 10 on Dell Precision M6300

Last updated: 11/03/2009

General Hardware Specifications of M6300:

Hardware Components
Status under Linux
Notes
T8300 Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Works
17.0 WXGA+ CCFL Widescreen Display Works
nVidia Quadro FX 1600M Works Worked out of the box but it might be better to use a proper nVidia driver.
4GB (2x 2048MB) DDR2 Works
250GB SATA 7200RPM Works
DVD-ReWriter Drive Works Writing not tested.
Integrated Network Card Works
Internal 56k Modem Not tested
Internal PCI-e Mini-Card WLAN support Not tested
High Definition Audio (STAC9205) Works! Did not work on SuSE 10.3
Touchpad Works

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.27.5

Comments

One of a number of laptops recently tested with a Fedora 10 live CD, trying to find one to buy..

Everything tested 'just worked' with Fedora 10 and Ubuntu 8.10, OpenSuSE 11.1 didn't work out the correct resolution automatically for some reason, but it worked fine when manually set.

Sound does work but the controls lack fine control - the first 50% of sliders do nothing, then suddenly go from quiet to loud. With care you can adjust them but STAC support seems pretty early, lucky it works at all.