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Hewlett-Packard nx9420
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Hewlett-Packard nx9420 laptop, model EX763PA.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
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Specifications
| Name | Hewlett-Packard nx9420 |
| Processor | Intel Core Duo T2500 2.0Ghz |
| Screen | 17“ |
| RAM | 1024MB |
| HDD | 100GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire |
Linux Compatibility
Notes
On some older version of the kernel the audio will only work though the headphone jack, not the inbuilt speakers. You will need to run a kernel with version 2.6.16 or greater for audio to work properly.
Currently the open source radeon module included with X.org does not support the ATI Mobility Radeon x1600. However you can get this working using the proprietary ATI module.
For best results you should use a Linux distribution with kernel 2.6.16 or greater, such as Fedora Core 5 or Ubuntu Linux 6.06, with the nx9420.
Summary
Apart from the audio problem and if you don't mind using the propietary ATI module then the Hewlett-Packard nx9420 works well under Linux.
Discussion
This is with oldest fimware F.02.
-need boot partition at begin of disk else grub will failed
-if booted without earplug plugged in, audio card will be disable
which make pulseaudio use factice device (can aplay -Dhw piano.wav fine
however), if booted with earplug, sound works well from speaker when
unplug earplugs
-if laptop plug on cheap powerbar, will generate ghost images every few frames
(except if booted with nomodeset)
-if plgged in wall, no ghost images, until you close lid, then ghost images come
back on wakeup
Tested on Mint 19.1
Today I upgraded the BIOS to latest F1D (I think: 2008).
I had to temporarily used Win XP SP3 (XP original don't seem to detect SATA disks),
because the FreeDOS executable was not accepted by FreeDOS 1.2.
The Vista execute was fine under Win XP.
That fixed the necessity to put /boot at the beginning of disk.
That fixed the sound not present under pulseaudio unless booted with earplugs.
That did not fixed screen jumping when plugged in cheap powerbar unless using nomodeset option.
The laptop is now plugged directly in the wall and it jumps.
So I guess this is random, at radeon initialization time.
If no luck, there is ghost image about each 2 seconds (no fixed time).
If lucky initialization, there is never ghost images.
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Hi, can see this is an old guide?
But just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and the fans a running at 100% all the time.. Why?
else it works just fine!
I can´t get the HP docking station to work with the X1600 ATI graphics card. I´m using the open source ATI driver.
I have not looked into it so it might be a configuration issue
With ubuntu 10.10, works fine out of the box
56k Modem works with kppp
With Ubuntu 8.04 the sound is working just fine.