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Asus K73SV
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus K73SV laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus K73SV. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus K73SV page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus K73SV specifications page.
| Name | Asus K73SV |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM Intel® Core™ i5 2410M Intel® Core™ i3 2310M |
| Screen | 17.3” 1600×900 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 750GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | OK | |
| Screen | OK | |
| HDD | OK | |
| Optical Drive | OK | |
| Graphics | OK | |
| Sound | OK | |
| Ethernet | OK | |
| Wireless | OK | You will need to compile the RT539xPCIe driver available at http://www.ralinktech.com |
| Bluetooth | OK | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | OK | |
| Card Reader | OK | |
| Webcam | OK |
Notes
You may have trouble compiling Wireless drivers but don't lose faith, there's plenty of help on the internet.
Also, if you wish to use proprietary drivers for the NVIDIA graphic chipset, you'll have to install bumblebee. If you are on ubuntu or such, just use the repos. If bumblebee isn't disponible on you repos, just run the installation script, which will do all the work, including downloading and installing its dependencies and the proprietary driver.
Summary
The Asus K73SV works pretty good with Linux. Sound, Webcam and USB work great and out of the box. Graphics do so too with bumblebee and proprietary drivers but there are still clearly visible bugs with the nouveau drivers. Wireless works good after proper configuration. Touchpad support used to only be acceptable but is now excellent. Bluetooth doesn't work? (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1825811 says there's a way to enable it)
Discussion
Have problems with suspend and hibernate modes. It just does not work.