HP-Compaq 8510P
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Sun 27 of Jan, 2008 [13:22 UTC]
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
If you are looking to purchase this laptop you can visit HP's notebook page.
Introduction
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| Name | HP 8510P | |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz | |
| Screen | 15.4" WSXGA+ Widescreen | |
| RAM | 1GB | |
| HDD | 120GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW | |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon X2600 | |
| Network | Ethernet, Intel 4965 802.11abgn, Bluetooth | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | use the iwl4965 drivers |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested | |
Notes
Kernel 2.6.22 or greater is required for full support of the 8510P in Linux. Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora 8 and other distributions released around this time work fine.For 3D support from the Radeon X2600 you will need to use the proprietary ATI drivers. Most Linux distributions do not include this driver so you will need to install it manually.
Some models of the 8510P include the (better) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600. This hasn't been tested but will likely need the above driver.
Summary
The HP 8510P works just fine with an up to date Linux distributions.Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
Comments
sles,sled, open suse, ubuntu
- video driver and wireless not working
- high cpu through wrong video driver
- after installing the ati driver cpu got better but still to high
- fan noise through cpu utilization
Because of above I installed sles 10sp1 and sled after that:
- both wrong video
- both no wireless
Did not try to solve above but toke the newest UBUNTU (Hardy Heron)
- video oke when you agree the installation of ATI drivers
- cpu still high I think, the only thing i do now is working on this page - cpu=15-20%
- no wireless out of the box. I have to find out now how to install them :-)
The information on the HP site says compatible with suse enterprise desktop --> NO WAY !
If the cpu stays this high i need to go back to XP, and that's something I don't want to do :-(
gentoo notes
Sound works using ALSA with the snd_hda_intel module.
Onboard wireless requires proprietary drivers so i haven't bothered. Module for the Broadcom BCM4312 is bcm43xx, you need the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility to extract a useable driver from the binary provided by Broadcom.
Onboard ethernet uses e1000 driver, works fine.
MA
Re: MA
Fedora 8 installation
Hit tab on the graphic screen window and append this line
floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 clocksource=acpi_pm