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HP-Compaq 8510W
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the HP 8510W laptop.
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.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the HP-Compaq 8510w. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the HP-Compaq 8510w page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the HP-Compaq 8510w specifications page.
| Name | HP 8510W |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4Ghz |
| Screen | 15.4” WUXGA Widescreen |
| RAM | 2GB |
| HDD | 120GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M |
| Network | Ethernet, Intel 4965 802.11abgn, Bluetooth |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Graphics 3D | Not tested | |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Use the iwl4965 driver |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| PCMCIA | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| PCMCIA | Yes | |
| Suspend to ram with open source graphical driver | Not tested | |
| Suspend to disk with open source graphical driver | Not tested | |
| Suspend to ram with propietary graphical driver | Not tested | |
| Suspend to disk with propietary graphical driver | Not tested |
Notes
For full support from the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M in the 8510W you will need to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver.
For best support you should use a Linux distribution which uses at least kernel 2.6.22. Older versions wont support the hardware in this laptop fully.
Summary
The HP 8510W works just fine with a recent Linux distribution. Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora 8 and likely other distributions released around this time frame will work fine.
Discussion
openSuse 11.4 KDE is the best on this particular laptop IMHO in terms of driver support and just overall no-fuss installation. After that, openSuse 11.4 Gnome. Also tried Ubuntu 11.04 Natty.
Issues on Ubuntu 11.04:
Unity seemed very slow
Hibernation process is very slow
Issues on openSuse 11.4 Gnome:
Just the touchpad. The Synaptics GUI does not save the settings in the right way. Use Yast to configure the mouse settings and the problem is gone.
openSuse 11.04 KDE recognised the Nvidia driver, the fingerprint reader without any issues.
My card reader doesn't work on my HP 8510w. Seems that the 8510w does not recognize the card reader, I have Ubuntu 8, someone know what can it happen or what can I do?
My bluetooth doesn't work at all on my 8510w? How did you get it to work properly?
Anyone get CUDA drivers to work under ubuntu 9.04 or any other linux distro?
Anyone able to get the brightness fn keys to work?
Ubuntu Hardy 8.10 64-bit.
Works well - does freeze up occasionally (seemingly random)??!!
Running OpenSUSE 11.0. Works well.
Just nvidia driver slows my X11, when resizing or opening windows. So using open source drivers until I found a solution.
Cardreader
Cardreader does not work an Ubuntu 8.04 :(
Anyone know where to get a linux driver that support the internal Ricoh driver?
Works quite alright
I've tried both Ubuntu Gutsy and Hardy and both works quite well, although there seems to be some quirks, especially with the light sensor and the volume buttons. Apart from that, everything seems fine.