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Lenovo IdeaPad Z570
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 laptop. If you have the Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 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.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 specifications page.
| Name | Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 |
| Processor | Intel Celeron B800 processor (dual-core, 1.50GHz, 2MB cache), Intel Core i5-2450M processor (dual-core, 2.50GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Core i7-2670QM processor (quad-core, 2.20GHz, 6MB cache) |
| Screen | 15.6” 1366×768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | Up to 1TB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000, NVIDIA GT540M |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000, 1×2 11b/g/n wireless |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | I use cpufreq-utils and keep my processor running at 1GHz mostly |
| Screen | Works | I belive the kernel from 3.6 version has some better support for Fn keys control |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Not Tested | |
| Graphics Chip | Selecting only UMDA in bios does the trick and OS runs without problems, on the other hand installing Bumblebee does the Optimus trick, but the temps seems to be quite higher keeping nVidia enabled | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| VGA Out | Works with 2 monitors setup for me | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| HDMI Out | Not Tested | |
| Sound | Works | Here on VLC I noticed some noise on playing movies, had to select ALSA system in VLC settings |
| Bulti-in Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Jack | Works | |
| Microphone Jack | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works out of the box | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| Wireless | Out of the box even the manual switch | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works out of the box | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| ESATA | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Out of the box | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| Webcam | Works | Tested with Cheese, bit laggy but okay. Noticed problem in skype when on web call the image gets cropped after a while. |
| Touch Pad | Out of the box | Ubuntu 12.10 (3.6.6) |
| Suspend/Resume | Not Tested |
Notes
I don't like the temperatures and that the fan is running quite noisy and the area from where the air flows at the keyboard gets a bit hotter.
Discussion
Hi Lupajz
i jut want to ask you how you did to use the Dust Cleaning and Efficient Thermal Dissipation Mode on linux with Z570
thanks in advance
Hello there, atm I haven't been on Linux for some time as I had to use windows but as I remember :
Commands into terminal goes like :
sudo su
cd /sys/devices/platform/ideapad/
and here you just echo selected number into fan_mode file as
there are four available modes:
+ * 0 → Super Silent Mode
+ * 1 → Standard Mode
+ * 2 → Dust Cleaning
+ * 4 → Efficient Thermal Dissipation Mode
so just echo 0 > fan_mode
but your kernel has to be 3.6+ :)
After 6 hours of some basic work :) :
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +56.0°C (crit = +98.0°C)
temp2: +44.0°C (crit = +126.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +56.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +56.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +50.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Also I noticed I tried Silent Fan mode doesn't seems to work as much as on Windows :) other modes, like Dust Cleaning and Efficient Thermal Dissipation Mode seem to work pretty nice :) I am pretty satisfied with this almost one year old machine :)
Hi
I have this laptop aswell. When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it, there were some abnormal temperature problems. My only fix after messing around was to turn of the graphics card in the bios. I now have over 3 hours of battery life, and my temperatures are as follows:
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +49.0°C (crit = +98.0°C)
temp2: +40.0°C (crit = +126.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +49.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +49.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +45.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)