| Name | Lenovo IdeaPad Z565 | |
| Processor | AMD Phenom II N830 or N930 | |
| Screen | 15.6” @ 1366×768 | |
| RAM | 4GiB DDR3 | |
| HDD | 232 GiB or 500 GiB | |
| Optical Drive | Your Optical Drive | |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 | |
| Network | Ethernet | Atheros AR8151 [1969:1073] |
| Network | Wireless | Broadcom 4313 [14e4:4727] |
| Network | Bluetooth | (Foxconn/Hon Hai) Broadcom 2.1 [0489:e00d] |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes |
| Sound | Yes |
| Ethernet | Yes | Module added to linux kernel since 2.6.35. Older kernels works with driver from Atheros. |
| Wireless | Yes | Works with proprietary wl driver and with in-kernel staging brcm80211 driver |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | None | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Yes | |
| Camera | Yes | Use uvc driver in kernel. usb chicony camera |
If you got kernel panic or hang on boot, use
pcie_aspm=off
kernel boot option or disable PCIEASPM symbol when configuring kernel.
(Tested on kernels from 2.6.36 to 3.0-rc4)
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