This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus F50Z laptop, also known as X61Z.
This guide is intended to provide you with details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus F50Z. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus F50Z page on LapWik.
For full specifications see the Asus F50Z specifications page.
| Name | Asus F50Z (Asus X61Z) |
| Processor | AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Processor -Lion CPU ZM-86/84/82/80, S1g2 package, 2M L2 cache, DDR2 800MHz, Hyper Transport 3.0; AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Processor -Lion CPU RM-70, S1g2 package, 1M L2 cache, DDR2 8 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor -Lion CPU QL-60, S1g2 package,1M L2 cache, DDR2 66 |
| Screen | 15.6” 1366×768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | 250GB to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | AMD M780G |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Integrated 802.11bgn |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Pass | |
| Screen | Pass | See section Notes |
| HDD | Pass | |
| Optical Drive | Pass | |
| Graphics | Pass | Manual config, fglrx |
| Sound | Pass | Manual config |
| Ethernet | Pass | |
| Wireless | Pass | |
| Bluetooth | Pass | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Pass | |
| Card Reader | Pass | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Pass |
This laptop works almost flawlessly. Every tested hardware element works out of the box, the only requiring manual configuration are listed above.
Sound processor is snd-intel-hda (Azalia) and requires a model parameter (options snd-hda-intel model=g50v) to get features like jack sensing to work.
Suspending to disk or RAM (or both) using pm-utils works flawlessly as well (including under heavy load such as gentoo compilation or with 3D stuff working hard… like suspendeding while playing Spore, no biggy), addition of the machine to the s2ram whitelist has already been requested (use s2ram -f until then).
Webcam is a standardized USB Video Class device and works without any dirty drivers.
Ethernet is a Realtek r8168, Wireless is an Atheros ath9k. Both perform exceptionally.
A reliable and durable linux machine that's plug and play.
Eridane
Discussion
Thank you all;) solved the problem .. it was trivial ;) → to install a new driver Alsa 1.0.20 !!!!! and my comp is work
One more time thank
Hm..my comp is asus f50z and my system is SuSE 11.1 and..still nothing
please, send the output of lspci -v and aplay -l , kernel and alsa version to my email: spartak_dot_angelov_at_gmail_com I will be glad to help you, I'm also a new owner of Asus f50z
Hm…my sound card not work what shell I do ?
Hi! .. you can try to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf (/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf)
options snd-hda-intel model=g71v power_save=10
I'm using Arch Linux, and everything seems to run smoothly, but the built-in wireless interface (atheros ar928x - supported by ath9k kernel module), so while waiting for 2.6.31 I will stick to ralink usb Wi-Fi