AsusN70Sv

System Info

system-manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

system-product-name: N70SV

system-version: 1.0

Hardware details

Device

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64)

Screen & Monitors

Screen

YES

YES

Correct resolution?

YES

YES

Correct refresh rate?

YES

YES

3D Acceleration

YES[1]

YES[1]

External monitor works?

YES

YES

External monitor - mirrors

YES

YES

External monitor - extend desktop

YES[2]

YES[2]

Power Management

Battery detected?

YES

YES

Actions

Put computer to sleep when inactive

YES[3a]

YES[3b]

When laptop lid is closed (Blank Screen, Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown)

Untested

YES

When battery power is critically low (Suspend, Hibernate, Shutdown)

YES[3a]

YES[3b]

Spin down hard disks when possible

Untested

YES

Display

Put display to sleep when inactive

Untested

YES

Set display brightness

Untested

YES

Reduce backlight brightness

Untested

YES

Dim display when idle

Untested

YES

Sound

Sound works

YES[4]

YES

Correct volume?

YES[4]

YES

Hardware volume switch

YES[5]

YES[5]

Headphone jack (SPDIF)

Untested

Untested

Headphone jack

YES

Untested

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Internal Mic

YES

YES

Networking

Wired NIC

NO

YES

345374

Wireless NIC

YES

NO[6]

426130

Wireless Switch

YES

YES

Bluetooth

YES

YES

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

YES

YES

External mouse - USB

YES

YES

External mouse - Bluetooth

YES

YES

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

YES

YES

PCI Express cards

YES[7a]

YES[7b]

Flash Memory Card reader

YES

YES

Camera

YES[8a]

YES[8b]

HDMI Port

Untested

Untested

Notes on Hardware Details

  1. 3D Acceleration works with proprietary nvidia drivers

  2. Extended desktop works in Twin View only, with nvidia drivers. Untested with Ubuntu proprietary drivers

  3. Sleeping/Hibernation issues
    1. Upon either hibernation or suspension the laptop's backlight turned off, when resuming the backlight would not turn back on despite reboots. The only solution was to reset the bios (turn computer off, unplug, remove battery pack, press and hold the power key for 15 seconds, put computer back together and start as normal).

    2. Upon suspend the laptops backlight was dimmed, and did not return to the proper setting when resuming. The fix was to just do a Fn+F6 until it reached it's original brightness. The above mentioned issue in [3a] did not seem to occur however.

  4. Sound did not work by default. It was necessary to add to the end of the file /etc/modprob.d/alsa-base.conf options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig

  5. In actuallity there is really no hardware switch, but there are keyboard combinations that do work.

  6. The internal wireless card causes the entire system to lock up whenever enabled. Sometimes immediately and other times it is at random.

  7. PCI Express cards
    1. Only tested with a Belkin Gigabit Ethernet ExpressCard for Wired Internet Connection. Used to supplement the wired card that doesn't work.

    2. Only tested with a Belkin Gigabit Ethernet ExpressCard for Wired Internet Connection.

  8. Web Camera
    1. Camera is mounted upside-down and drivers do not have an option to flip the image. Had to use this script to flip the camera.

    2. Camera is mounted upside-down and drivers do not have an option to flip the image. Had to use this solution to flip the camera.

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64)

Hardware keys

Power Switch

Power On (Computer off)

YES

YES

Power Switch

Power Off (Computer on)

Untested

YES

ExpressGate

Boot up into ExpressGate (Computer off)

YES[1]

YES[1]

ExpressGate

Does Nothing (Computer on)

YES

YES

Splendid Switch

Toggles "Splendid Video Intelligent Technology" function ON and OFF

NO

NO[2]

Touchpad Lock

Toggles Touchpad locked/unlocked

NO

YES[2]

Power4GearEXtreme

Toggles power savings between various power saving modes

NO

NO

Touchpad and Touchpad Buttons

Operator

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64)

Touchpad (Doubletap)

Double-click

YES[3]

YES[3]

Touchpad (Right side)

Vertical Scroll available

YES[3]

YES[3]

Touchpad (Bottom)

Horizontal Scroll available

YES[3]

YES[3]

Touchpad (Left-click Button)

Left-click

YES

YES

Touchpad (Right-click Button)

Right-click

YES

YES

Touchpad (Left+Right Click Buttons)

Middle-click

YES

YES

Touchpad (Two Finger Scrolling)

Middle-click

Unavailable

YES[4]

Special Fn keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64)

+ F1

Sleep

Untested

YES

+ F2

Toggle Bluetooth & WLAN

YES

YES

+ F3

Launch Email Client

Untested

YES

+ F4

Launch Web Browser

Untested

YES

+ F5

Dim Screen

YES

YES

+ F6

Brighten Screen

YES

YES

+ F7

Toggle Screen Off/On

YES

YES

+ F8

Switch Between Screen and VGA

Untested

Untested

+ F9

Toggle Touchpad Off/On

Untested

NO

+ F10

Mute

XF86AudioMute

YES

YES

+ F11

Turn Volume Down

XF86AudioLowerVolume

YES

YES

+ F12

Turn Volume Up

XF86AudioRaiseVolume

YES

YES

+ Delete

Insert

YES

YES

+ Num LK

Toggle Scroll Lock

NO

NO

+ C

Toggles "Splendid Video Intelligent Technology" function ON and OFF

XF86Launch1

NO

YES[5]

+ V

Toggles "Life Frame" software application

XF86WebCam

NO

YES[5]

+ \u2190

Media Previous Track

XF86AudioPrev

YES

YES

+ \u2192

Media Next Track

XF86AudioNext

YES

YES

+ \u2191

Media Stop

XF86AudioStop

YES

YES

+ \u2193

Media Toggle Pause/Play

XF86AudioPause/XF86AudioPlay

YES

YES

+ Enter (Extended Keyboard)

Open Calculator

NO

NO

+ Spacebar

Power4GearEXtreme: This key toggles power savings between various power saving modes

XF86ScreenSaver

NO

YES[5]

Other keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64)

Num LK

Toggle the numeric keypad

YES[6]

YES[6]

Print Screen

Sends the correct signal

Print

YES

YES

Windows key

Sends the correct signal

YES

YES

Properties Menu key

Opens current programs menu (right-click)

YES

YES

Windows key + E

open all workspace

YES

YES

Notes on keys

  1. Only works properly if you follow the instructions located here.

  2. The splendid switch seems to be calling the touchpad toggle key event, so one can actually toggle the touchpad off/on by using the splendid switch. The touchpad toggle key does nothing and does not generate a key event.

  3. Must configure these options from "System -> Preferences -> Mouse | Touchpad"

  4. Had to follow the instructions location here and configure the option in "System -> Preferences -> Mouse | Touchpad." The option works for the most part, but seems to be quirky in that it doesn't always seem to act the way I think it would. Perhaps it is me?

  5. Sends the correct keycode but does not do as the manufacturer describes (due to the sofware not being available in Ubuntu).

  6. Num LK randomly stopped working for toggling whilst Ubuntu was running for some reason. The solution to get it working again was to do an "Alt+Shift+Num LK" one time.


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LaptopTestingTeam/Old/AsusN70Sv (last edited 2010-02-26 17:36:14 by host226-241-dynamic)