Dell Latitude D520

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Dell Latitude D520

[edit] Hardware

15 inch display @ 1024x768
Intel Core Duo
Intel 945GM chipset (ICH7)
Up to 2 GB RAM  	
Intel GMA 950
Synaptics touchpad
hard drive
DVD+/-RW optical drive
Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Dell Wireless 1490 wifi
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth
Connexcant modem
Intel High Definition Audio and built-in microphone
USB 2.0
O2 Micro PC Card controller
O2 Micro Firewire controller
serial connector

[edit] Hardware Status Overview

	Device	Working	Driver	Troubleshooting
Processor	Processor
Drives and Storage	Hard Drive		ahci
	Optical Drive		ata_piix
USB	USB		uhci, ehci
Graphics	Intel		i915, intel
Input Devices	Keyboard		keyboard
	Touchpad		synaptics
	Functions Keys
Networking	Ethernet		b44
	WLAN: Intel		iwlwifi
	WLAN: Dell		b43
	Modem	unknown	hsfmodem
	Bluetooth		hci_usb
Sound	Sound		snd_intel_hda	See below
Other	PC Card	unknown	yenta_socket
	Hardware Sensors	unknown	i8k
	Suspend to RAM	unknown
	Suspend to Disk	unknown

[edit] Dell Laptop guides

Dell specific laptop guides:

• Dell Function Keys
• Dell Hardware Sensors
• Dell BIOS Upgrade
• Dell Utility / System Restore / MediaDirect
• Dell Docking Station

[edit] Generic Laptop guides

Some generic laptop guides:

• ACPI
• Power Management

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] Sound

To get the sound working, you have to specify the model:

• If you build the Intel HD Audio driver into the kernel, append snd-hda-intel.model=ref to the kernel line of your boot manger config, e.g. /boot/grub/grub.conf:

 kernel other_kernel_options snd-hda-intel.model=ref
 

• If you build the Intel HD Audio driver as modules, add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel:

 options snd_hda_intel model=ref
 

Afterwards run update-modules.