HPCompaq6730s

System Info

  • Hewlett-Packard
  • HP Compaq 6730s
  • F.0C BIOS revision

Hardware

  • Intel dual-core Celeron T1600 (1,66Ghz)
  • Intel GM45 chipset
  • Intel GMA4500MHD graphics accelerator
  • Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g wireless interface
  • Marvell Yukon 2 Fast Ethernet interface

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Screen

Yes*

Correct resolution?

Yes (1280x800)

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes**

LP#359578

External monitor works?

No***

External monitor - mirrors

No

External monitor - extend desktop

No

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Hibernates?

Untested

Suspend

Yes, seems so

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

No

Multimedia

Sound works?

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Not present

Headphone jack

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Builtin Mic

Untested

Builtin Webcam

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes****

Bluetooth

Detected, Untested

Modem

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Card reader(s)

Yes (SD)*****

LP#355712

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

+ F1

Help

Untested

+ F2

Print

Untested

+ F3

Browse the web

No

+ F4

???

Untested

+ F5

Hibernate/Sleep?

Untested

+ F6

Lock computer

Yes

+ F7

Brightness Up

Yes

+ F8

Brightness Down

Yes

+ F9

Mute

No

+ F11

Volume Up

Yes

+ F12

Volume Down

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Bluetooth/Wireless killswitch

Yes

Notes

* The screen works and can be color calibrated, please see below.

** 3D acceleration works, and Compiz performs excellently. However some games do have issues.

*** The external VGA port, did not work out-of-the-box. Somehow it wanted to revert to non widescreen modes. I never got this to work properly, though I haven't invested much time in this.

**** Wireless works perfectly using Broadcom's wl binary blob driver. For normal use this is fine. However this module does not seem to support monitor mode, so utilities like Kismet will not work properly. The Broadcom BCM4312 mini-PCIe card cannot be easily replaced, as the BIOS checks for HP certified hardware.

***** Tested the internal cardreader with a SanDisk Ultra II 2.0 GB Secure Digital flash card, and it worked at the full 15MB/sec speed. So the internal cardreader is fast!

Games

ioQuake3 1.36 works just fine, with some very minor issues in the menu's.

Warzone2100 is current broken, as reported in the bug report.

Color Management

I've calibrated the screen on this laptop for use with color management aware applications like GIMP, UFRaw, etc. with my GretagMacbeth Huey and ArgyllCMS. You can download the ICCv2 compliant color profile as hp_compaq_6730s.icc. It's intended for use with the laptop screen at maximum brightness. Your milage may vary, since not every screen is manufacured identically, and screens change with age.

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/HPCompaq6730s (last edited 2010-03-02 09:56:41 by host226-241-dynamic)