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====== Lenovo 3000 V200 ======
===== Author(s) =====
Sam Freed (v200 at freed.net)
===== Introduction =====
This is a guide to running Linux with the Lenovo 3000 V200 laptop.

This page is under construction.

It works out of the box with Debain (I use unstable), but several features need tweaking, and some don't work. However, let this not discourage you, it is a fine machine.
===== Specifications =====
| Name|Lenovo 3000 V200|
| Processor|Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2GHz|
| Screen|12.1" WXGA|
| RAM|2GB|
| HDD|120GB|
| Optical Drive|DVD+-RW,2Layer|
| Graphics| Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 965|
| Network|10/100 Ethernet, Intel 4965 802.11agn Wireless, Bluetooth|
| Other|3 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire|
===== Linux Compatibility =====
^Device^Compatibility^Comments^
| Processor|Yes| |
| Screen|Yes| |
| Optical Drive|Yes| |
| Graphics|Yes|Use the Intel driver|
| Sound|Yes|Use the snd-hda-intel module with model=test, if you need to|
| Touchpad|yes|Dont forget to apt-get the synaptics driver for xorg (and gnome)|
| Ethernet|Yes| |
| Wireless|Yes|Use [[http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi|iwlwifi]] driver, now part of kernel|
| Bluetooth|Yes| |
| 56K Modem|Not Tested| |
| USB|Yes|ICH8|
| Firewire|Not Tested| |
| Card Reader|Yes| |
| PCMCIA|Not Tested| |
| Camera|Yes|use m560x/branches/m5602 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/m560x-driver/ |

===== Notes =====
==== ACPI ====
Broken DSDT
==== Heat ====
For heat issues, and many other things, look at a similar laptop, the V100 [[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Lenovo_3000_V100]]
===== Issues and Bug Reports =====
^Issue^Status^
|[[https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=3364|NoSound]]|Temporary Solution Available|
|[[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1802553&group_id=185953&atid=915340|Camera Driver crash]]|SOlved in sourceforge, see above|
|[[http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1379|WiFi issue]]|Resolved in iwlwifi 1.0+|
|[[http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8849|Thinkpad bug]]|Unrelated|
|[[http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8759|SATA driver warnings]]|Resolved in 2.6.23+|

===== Summary =====
There are few problems in getting the Lenovo 3000 V200 working when used with an up to date Linux distribution, none of the problems seriously hinders use.