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Asus K50IN

Introduction

This is a compatibilty guide to running Linux with the Asus K50IN laptop.

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Specifications

For full specifications see the Asus K50IN specifications page.

NameAsus K50IN
ProcessorIntel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6500/T6400 : 2.1 GHz - 2.0 GHz, FSB 800Hz, 2M L2 Cache;
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor T4200 : 2.0 GHz FSB 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache
Intel® Celeron® Processor T3000/900 : 2.2 GHz - 1.8 GHz, FSB 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache
Screen15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen
RAMUp to 4GB
HDDup to 500GB
Optical DriveDVD+-RW
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® G102M
Network10/100/1000 Ethernet
802.11a/b/g/n

Linux Compatibility

DeviceCompatibilityComments
ProcessorWorks
ScreenWorks
HDDWorks
Optical DriveWorks
GraphicsWorksnvidia-beta 190.36
SoundWorks
EthernetWorksCONFIG_R8169
WirelessWorksath9k only from 2.6.30 kernel
USBWorks
Card ReaderWorks
WebcamWorksHorizontally flipped

Notes

suspend doesn't work (s2ram -v -f -p works only once after reboot)
hibernate works with tuxonice, but there is a little chance not to wake up after hibernating

Summary

You can enter a summary of how well the Asus K50IN works with Linux here.