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.

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Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the HP-Compaq Presario R4000 laptop. The R400 is quite a powerful system although it lacks any real 3D support.

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Specifications

Name	HP-Compaq Presario R4000
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Screen	15.4" WXGA
RAM	1GB
HDD	80GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Network	10/100 Ethernet, Broadcom BCL4306 802.11g Wireless
Other	4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes	Use the snd-hda-intel driver
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
SD Card Reader	Not Tested
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

The Broadcom BCL4306 wireless controller included in the Presario R4000 notebook does not have any native drivers for Linux. Because of this you will need to use the ndiswrapper driver for the Broadcom controller to function. For further instructions you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to use are available here.

Related Resources

Preparing your laptop for Linux
Configuring an ATI graphics chip
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life

Summary

The major issue with the HP-Compaq Presario R4000 is with the Broadcom wireless card. This issue makes the Linux installation more difficult than normal.


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