HPNX6325
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Contributors: [:AlexLee4], AzraelNightwalker, JohanEhnberg, [:Przemkus]
System info
- Maker: Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Brand: HP Compaq
- Model: NX6325
- Vintage: 2006-2008
- Market: EU, US
At a glance
- Socket S1 - Turion 64 X2 or Mobile Sempron
- Dimensions start from 2.6 kg and 30.3 mm at front
- ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 IGP, 64-128 MB UMA
- Two SO-DIMM slots, dual channel memory support,supports up to 4GB of 667-MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- One 5400 rpm, user-removable SATA hard drive
- Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet PCI Controller
- Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN module
- Integrated Bluetooth
- 7-in-1 Media Reader
- TPM 1.2
- Biometric Fingerprint Sensor
- Touchpad with scroll zone
[http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12447_na/12447_na.HTML Specifications]
[:/dmesg] [:/lspci] [:/lspcmcia] [:/lsusb] [:/acpisupport] [:/dmidecode]
Models
Hardware Information |
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Part no. |
EY349EA |
EY344ET |
EY351EA |
EY343EA |
CPU |
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 |
AMD Sempron 3500+ |
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 |
AMD Sempron 3500+ |
RAM |
512 MB DDR2 667 |
512 MB DDR2 667 |
1 GB DDR2 667 |
512 MB DDR2 667 |
HDD |
80 GB SATA |
60 GB SATA |
80GB SATA |
60 GB SATA |
Screen |
15" 1024x768 |
15" 1024x768 |
15" 1400x1050 |
15" 1024x768 |
IGP |
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 RS485 64-128 MB UMA |
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Optical |
LG GMA-4082N DVD+/-RW DL, DVD-RAM |
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USB |
ATI SB400, three ports |
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Modem |
56K V.92 |
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Firewire |
Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller, one port |
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Bluetooth |
yes |
N/A |
yes |
N/A |
WLAN |
Broadcom [:BCM4312] UART (rev 01) Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g |
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LAN |
Broadcom [:BCM5788] (rev 03) Netxtreme Gigabit Ethernet |
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Card reader |
Texas Instruments 7-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo*/SM/xD) |
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Audio |
ATI SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01), [:ADI1981HD] CODEC |
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Biometric scanner |
Authentec Fingerprint Sensor [:AES2501] |
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Pointing device |
Synaptics PS/2 touchpad with two buttons and scroll zone |
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Keyboard |
101/102-key |
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PC Card Slot |
one Type I/II |
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Express Card Slot |
one Express Card/34 or Express Card/54 |
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BIOS |
SMBIOS Version 2.4 (DMI BIOS) |
*Memory Stick Duo Adapters are required and sold separately. Inserting a Memory Stick Duo Card directly into your notebook could damage the memory card and/or notebook.
Functionality
cdimage |
ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386 |
ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386 |
Does the installation work? |
yes |
yes |
Test results with fresh install or livecd. Out of the box scenario. No customization. Workarounds are documented in notes section.
Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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8.04 i386 |
7.10 i386 |
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Screen |
yes |
yes |
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Correct resolution? |
yes |
yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
yes |
yes |
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3D Acceleration |
no |
no |
#148902 |
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Desktop effects |
no |
no |
#148902 |
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External monitor works? |
yes |
yes |
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External monitor - mirrors |
yes |
yes |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
untested |
yes |
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TV-out |
untested |
untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
yes |
yes |
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Hibernates? |
yes |
yes, but fan doesn't start after wake up, battery state wrongly shown |
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Sleep |
yes |
yes |
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Dim monitor on battery |
yes |
yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
yes |
yes |
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Lid Close |
yes |
yes |
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CPU frequency scaling |
yes |
yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
yes |
yes |
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Correct volume? |
yes |
yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
yes |
yes |
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Headphone jack |
yes |
yes |
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Mic jack |
untested |
yes (turn on capturing in mixer console) |
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Integrated Mic |
yes |
yes (turn on capturing in mixer console) |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
yes |
yes |
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Wireless NIC |
no |
no |
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PCMCIA NIC |
untested |
untested |
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Firewire |
untested |
untested |
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Bluetooth |
yes |
yes |
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Modem |
untested |
untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
yes |
yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
yes |
yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll |
yes |
yes |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
no |
no |
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External mouse - USB |
yes |
yes |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
untested |
untested |
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USB |
untested |
untested |
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Serial |
untested |
untested |
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Parallel |
untested |
untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
untested  |
untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
untested |
untested |
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Modem |
untested |
untested |
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NIC |
untested |
untested |
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PS/2 |
untested |
untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
no |
no |
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CD/DVD drive |
yes |
yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
untested |
untested |
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Card reader(s) |
yes (partially) |
yes (partially) |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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8.04 i386 |
7.10 i386 |
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+ F3 |
sleep |
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yes |
yes |
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+ F4 |
video display hotkey |
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yes |
untested |
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+ F8 |
show battery status |
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yes |
yes |
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+ F9 |
decrease screen brightness |
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yes |
yes |
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+ F10 |
increase screen brightness |
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yes |
yes |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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8.04 i386 |
7.10 i386 |
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wireless button |
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yes |
yes |
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help button |
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yes |
yes |
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presentation button |
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yes (but no event attached) |
yes (but no event attached) |
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Current issues and bugs
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/59695 #59695] default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks. sudo hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/148902 #148902] r300 needs swtcl update for 200m
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/145750 #145750] hibernate fails on HP nx6325.
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/147298 #147298] AD198x Analog: microphone misconfigured.
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer/+bug/131711 #131711] no sound: Failed to construct test pipeline in sound recording
Notes and Workarounds
Touchpad
The feature Touchpad turned off while typing doesn't work. There is no such switch in the mouse preferences and it's unclear wether this is implemented in synaptics driver.
- gsynaptics doesn't have this switch.
- qynaptics has switch but it doesn't work.
The above mentioned applications require an administrator to add Option SHMConfig on to xorg.conf. There is no authentication mechanism after initial edit. This gives global permissions to change mouse preferences for all users at once. The suggested workaround is to disable tap on click in mouse preferences. Relevant bugs are listed below.
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/113278 #113278] Touchpad default settings are horrible
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ksynaptics/+bug/3406 #3406] ksynaptics not working in dapper/breezy
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/37234 #37234] synaptics should allow runtime configuration (eg. Option SHMConfig on)
Graphics
lspci returns ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]. Splash screen bug #136582 affects release 7.10 but not 8.04. The user can choose between two drivers: The open source driver -ati developed in the X.org project and the closed-source -fglrx developed by AMD. Enabling 3D acceleration requires extra user configuration anyway.
See ["X/RadeonXpress"] for how to enable 3D acceleration and desktop effects.
External monitor
External output works with the open-source -ati driver. Use xrandr to configure. Display device hot-plugging works, outputs must be configured manually.
Audio
Volume control
There is a problem in all linux distros with non-linear volume scale. All volume control with hardware buttons is in the range between 50%-100% of master volume.
Microphone
To make internal and external microphone work user hast to go to the sound mixer, choose "edit > preferences" in the menu, tick "capturing", and then put the capturing slider to the max on the "recording" tab.
Power management
Battery info
The battery status information is not updated correctly on parts with BIOS revision lower than F06. The workaround without updating the bios is to unload psmouse module before each restart or shutdown. Otherwise the ACPI state would get corrupted with symptoms detailed in [http://home.no/slazz/nx7400/#badstate]. Add modprobe -r psmouse to /etc/init.d/halt and /etc/init.d/reboot just before 'halt' and 'reboot' commands. This also fixes sluggish BIOS startup.
Suspend
The laptop speakers stays turned on after resume from sleep or hibernation, even when headphones are plugged in. Putting MODULES="snd_hda_intel" in /etc/default/acpi-support (near "# Add modules to this list to have them removed before suspend and reloaded" line) work sometimes. Another workaround is to close or applications that use sound before suspending your laptop (music and video players, Firefox with a site using flash plugin, etc...).
Hibernate
(...)
WLAN
In previous Ubuntu releases wifi card has been reported as Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01). Gutsy reports it as Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01) (notice the BCM chip number).
bcm43xx / b43 (open driver)
Wireless works with open driver since 7.10. There are 2 open drivers, [:bcm43xx] and b43. B43 is newer, it is used in Ubuntu 8.04. Bcm43xx is used in Ubuntu 7.10. To use these drivers you need firmware extracted from a Windows driver. Download or extraction of firmware blob can be automated with drivers manager (aka, restricted drivers manager). An existing network connection is required for downloading if the firmware blob is not on disk. To extract firmware manually install bcm43xx-fwcutter or b43-fwcutter. Fwcutter will ask at setup if you want to automatically download and extract the firmware.
WEP
WPA
Works with open driver. Tested with eduroam academic network. It is necessary to load two kernel modules ieee80211_crypt_ccmp and ieee80211_crypt_tkip. Then login with NetworkManager or [:KNetworkManager].
- Works with open driver. Tested with La Fonera without loading anything before connecting.
- Works with windows driver through ndiswrapper out of the box.
WPA2
Thermal management
There are problems with sleep and hibernation, the cpu fan doesn't start after waking laptop up, so it is necessary to turn the fan on manually by executing this script:
# public domain 2007 - Markus Brechtel (chaotika) <markus@b-r-e-c-h-t-e-l.net> # This script makes the fans wich ran before suspend come up after resume again on HP nx6325. acpi -t cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/* for fanstate in $( ls /proc/acpi/fan/*/state ); do echo 0 > $fanstate; done cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/*
I don't need such script for sleep - fan always work. But I didn't test hibernation. -- AzraelNightwalker DateTime(2007-10-21T10:42:03Z)
Card reader
The card reader cannot recognize Sony Memory Stick cards as it can in Windows Vista. Haven't filed bug yet.
Bluetooth
To make bluetooth fully work in Ubuntu 7.10 you have to install gnome-vfs-obexftp (from universe). In 8.04 sending files via bluetooth works out of the box.
AES2501 fingerprint reader
The fingerprint reader should work with [http://reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] though I didn't test it yet. -- AzraelNightwalker DateTime(2008-03-16T23:20:33Z)
BIOS update
Hint for the BIOS update: The BIOS from the HP site comes wrapped in a .EXE file. However, you do NOT need Windows in order to update your NX6325. Go and download the FreeDos installer BIOS version from the HP website. Use cabextract (install it with "sudo apt-get cabextract" in a terminal window) to extract the files; there is then a folder containing a .ISO file which is actually a bootable CD image (in my case its exact name is ROM.ISO). Right-click it and burn the file ROM.ISO to CD. Then boot from this CD and follow the instructions.
Guidelines for this Wiki document
Please do not add Kubuntu (and other derivatives) when the same Ubuntu version is already added to the table. For example: Kubuntu has exactly the same kernel and drivers as Ubuntu so everything that works in Ubuntu will work in Kubuntu and vice versa. Same for things that don't work. The same reasoning applies when keeping i386 and amd64 seperated.
However, with that said. Some functionality depends on the userspace which differs between Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
Info about Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10 and 7.04 has been cut out because it's practically obsolete. Only 8.04 and 7.10 should be left.
External links
[http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1849082 NX6325 product page] [http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12447_na/12447_na.HTML NX6325 Specifications] [http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=1849083&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1849082&taskId=135 Software and driver download] [http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/familyhome.do?familyId=118 HP support forums] [http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00715299/c00715299.pdf Maintenance and Service Guide]
[http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?s=nx6325 Ubuntu current] [http://www.ludreb.plus.com/ubuntuguide.html Kubuntu] [http://www.puchalla-online.de/nx6325.html Debian 4.0] [http://www.andreas-kleisun.homepage.t-online.de/FC5_on_nx6325.html Fedora Core 5] [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_HP_Compaq_nx6325 Gentoo] [http://www.wolframschenck.de/nx6325.htm SuSE Linux 10.1] [http://thinksilicon.redprohosting.de/index.php?page=39 SuSE Linux (German language)] [http://www.gammu.org/wiki/index.php?title=HydePark:Nx6325 Windows]