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HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm specifications page.
| Name | HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm |
| Processor | 2.40 GHz AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor M600 |
| Processor Cache | 2 Mb |
| Video Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (M96) |
| Hard Drive | 640 Gb or two of 320 Gb each |
| Multimedia Drive | LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer |
| Display | 17.3” Diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900) |
| Network Card | Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN |
| Wireless Card | 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN |
| Battery | 8-Cell Lithium-Ion |
| External Ports | 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader (SD/MS/Pro/MMC/XD) 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA 2 Headphone out 1 microphone-in HDMI 1 VGA (15-pin) eSATA + USB 2.0 1 RJ-11 (modem) 1 RJ -45 (LAN) 1 notebook expansion port 3 1 IEEE 1394 firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver) |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDMI | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | See notes below |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | See notes below |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Works | See notes below |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Works | |
| Remote Control | Works |
Notes
- For the correct functionality of the sound you should add at the end of the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf the following line:
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-2 - It's better to try ndiswrapper instead of the linux drivers
- For the correct functionality of the card reader you must disable the power-saving feature of the card reader on the bios
Summary
The HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm works great with Linux with the above tweak for the sound, the wireless and for the card reader.
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