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This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the HP Pavilion dv7-3079wm.
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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) |
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 |
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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