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| Name | Lenovo IdeaPad U350 |
| Processor | Intel Pentium (1.30GHz 800MHz 2MB) or Intel Core 2 ULV Solo (1.40GHz 800MHz 3MB) |
| Screen | 13.3” HD WXGA LED 1366×768 |
| RAM | 2GB to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz |
| HDD | 250GB to 350GB 5200rpm |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 |
| Network | Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Ethernet, Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 5100 802.11agn OR Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g, Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR |
| Battery | 4 Cell Lithium-Ion |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | tested with Core 2 Solo |
| Screen | Yes | when installing using Ubuntu 9.04 LiveCD have to switch to safe graphics mode |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Not Tested | should be tested with an external optical drive |
| Graphics | Yes | Ubuntu 9.10: wotb* due to new Linux Kernel Mode Setting, compiz runs nice; Ubuntu 9.04: bad resolution, uses generic vesa driver instead of intel |
| Sound | Yes | When headphones inserted, sound plays simultaneously on headphones and speakers. FIX: add “options snd-hda-intel model=olpc-xo-1_5” to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf |
| Ethernet | Yes | Using tg3 driver in kernel, but have to load “broadcom” driver first, before loading the “tg3” driver |
| Wireless | Yes | wotb in Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 (for the BCM4312 models just compile http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php driver, using the patch given on the Broadcom website or use b43 driver (need kernel 2.6.32 or higher for this) |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Present | |
| Card Reader | Yes | Works on Slackware 13.0 after custom kernel installation (just select the drivers from the menuconfig) |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Present | |
| Camera | Yes | wotb in Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 |
| Microphone | No | |
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