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Last updated: 11/03/2009
General Hardware Specifications of M6400:
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Hardware Components
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Status under Linux
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Notes
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| T9400 Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz | Works | |
| 17.0 WXGA+ CCFL Widescreen Display | Works | |
| nVidia Quadro FX 2700M | Works | Worked out of the box but it might be better to use a proper nVidia driver. |
| 2GB (2x 1024MB) DDR3 | Works | |
| 160GB SATA 7200RPM | Works | |
| 8x DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive | Works | Writing not tested. |
| Internal LAN port | Works | |
| Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g | Not tested | |
| High Definition Audio (STAC92xx) | Works! | |
| Touchpad | Works |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.27.5
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.