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HP ProBook 4730s
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the HP ProBook 4730s laptop. If you have the HP ProBook 4730s and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the HP ProBook 4730s. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the HP ProBook 4730s page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the HP ProBook 4730s specifications page.
| Name | HP ProBook 4730s |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-2670QM (2.20 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i7-2620M (2.70 GHz, 4 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i5-2540M (2.60 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i5-2520M (2.50 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i5-2450M (2.50 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i5-2430M (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i5-2410M (2.30 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i3-2370M (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i3-2350M (2.30 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i3-2330M (2.20 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Core i3-2310M (2.10 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache) Intel Pentium B960 (2.20 GHz, 2 MB L3 cache) Intel Pentium B950 (2.10 GHz, 2 MB L3 cache) Intel Pentium B940 (2.00 GHz, 2 MB L3 cache) Intel Celeron B840 (1.90 GHz, 2 MB L3 cache) Intel Celeron B810 (1.60 GHz, 2 MB L3 cache) |
| Screen | 17.3” 1600×900 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | Up to 750GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray Blu-ray-RW |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel HD Graphics for Celeron AMD Radeon HD 6490M AMD Radeon HD 7470M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel Centrino Advanced-N 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi (2 x 2) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Combo Ralink 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi (2 x 2) and Bluetooth 3.0 + HS Combo Atheros 802.11b/g/n WiFi (1 x 1) and Bluetooth 3.0 + HS Combo |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | OK | |
| Screen | OK | |
| HDD | OK | |
| Optical Drive | OK | |
| Graphics Chip | Problems | X freeze when working with clipboard and localc. EQ overflowing. |
| VGA Out | OK | |
| HDMI Out | OK | |
| Sound | OK | |
| Bulti-in Microphone | OK | |
| Headphone Jack | OK | |
| Microphone Jack | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | OK | |
| Wireless | OK | |
| Bluetooth | OK | |
| WWAN | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | OK | |
| Card Reader | OK | |
| ExpressCard Slot | OK | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Problems | No drivers as of February 2013 |
| Webcam | OK | |
| Touch Pad | OK | |
| Suspend/Resume | OK |
Notes
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the HP ProBook 4730s here.
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the HP ProBook 4730s works with Linux here.
Discussion
Installed the latest Ubuntu releases (both LTS and “normal”) and I get constant crashes. The graphics chipset drivers seem to be to blame, but either way, it makes Ubuntu completely unusable.
P.S. I will not ever buy another HP product but must try to get my money's worth out of this one.
mazinga, sorry to learn of your problems! I have a few things I had to do to make wifi work
1. I had to esc to startupmenu at power on, F10 to bios setup, select restore defaults, in fact I seem to have to do this every 6 weeks or so!
2. start mint 14 with an ethernet cable attached the first time otherwise mint does not start up the internet set of programs ! a real nuisance and I can find no way of starting them in mint 14!
3. Then I can get mint to find wy wifi network and then enter my security password for my router.
4. subsequent boot ups work without the ethernet cable connected.
It seems that the utilities to do this in mint are not very good and will not work otherwise with the HP.
On no account touch the wifi button on the keyboard! It changes to white from red spontaneously on bootup if all is working. I have not tried roaming away from my network so do not know if it works then.
Maybe for you :/ i've tryed L.Mint and Kubuntu (HP 4730s A1D66EA) and it's the wireless is not workng… it is recognising the device but it is constantly disconnecting… it's really bothering and it is a primary problem, cause noone want's a laptop without internet… tryed also openSuse, works simillary, disconnects a little bit less frequently but does it nonetheless..
has anyone tried ndiswrapper?
At Last! New Kernel 3.5.0.17 has fixed wifi problem works with Mint 14 have not tried any other system. so HP 4730s with core I7 2670QM and 8 gig ram now a good linux laptop.
Have had an HP4730s for about 9 to ten months which works well with latest version of Linux Mint13 Kernel
3.2.0 - 23 EXCEPT the wifi has never worked. It appears to be a problem with the hardware switch - a stupid system inserted by HP which seems to have a 3 position toggle so that the linux drivers do not work although
it works with the HP installed Windows 7 sometimes requiring a restoration of default settings in the BIOS. I have gone to the SUSE system which claims to have HP specific drivers but that failed in the same way as the Mint/Ubuntu.