ScottBlayney
- Contact: Scott Blayney
- Make: HP
- Model: L2105
Current Issues
System Info
bios-version:F.11 system-manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard system-product-name:HP Pavilion (EH736UA#ABA) system-version:Rev 1
Hardware details
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in Dapper? |
in Edgy? |
in Feisty? |
Installation works? |
Works |
Upgrade |
Upgrade |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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Dapper? |
Edgy? |
Feisty? |
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Screen |
1280x768 |
1280x768 |
1280x768 |
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Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External monitor works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
No |
No |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Blanks Screen |
Blanks Screen |
Blanks Screen |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mic jack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Ndiswrapper |
Ndiswrapper |
Yes |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
HW Switch |
HW Switch |
HW Switch |
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External mouse - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Additional Hardware |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Yes |
No |
No |
39362 |
External Keyboard - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External Card Reader - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Digital Camera |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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Dapper? |
Edgy? |
Feisty? |
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+ Space |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ Esc |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F1 |
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Help |
Help |
Help |
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+ F2 |
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+ F3 |
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Firefox |
Firefox |
Firefox |
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+ F4 |
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External Monitor |
External Monitor |
External Monitor |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
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Dim Screen |
Dim Screen |
Dim Screen |
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+ F8 |
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Brighten Screen |
Brighten Screen |
Brighten Screen |
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+ F9 |
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Play/Pause |
Play/Pause |
Play/Pause |
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+ F10 |
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Stop |
Stop |
Stop |
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+ F11 |
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Previous Track |
Previous Track |
Previous Track |
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+ F12 |
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Next Track |
Next Track |
Next Track |
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+ Scroll |
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Num Lock |
Num Lock |
Num Lock |
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+ Pause |
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Break |
Break |
Break |
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+ Insert |
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Print Screen |
Print Screen |
Print Screen |
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+ Delete |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
The only items that cause me grief with this laptop are the card reader and the wireless NIC. The card reader isn't very important to me since I don't use it much. My digital camera has a CF card and the laptop doesn't read that type, so I use an external card reader or I plug the camera in directly. The wireless NIC, on the other hand, I use every day. I'm happy to report that Feisty works much better than the previous versions with this. The actual chipset is Broadcom BCM4318.
One other note of interest is that this laptop comes with an 64-bit AMD Turion processor. I use the 32-bit version of Ubuntu since there is better support for programs. I found that by updating the BIOS to the latest version disables the use of 64-bit operating systems. I don't know if HP did this on purpose or not, but I had to roll my BIOS back to F.11 in order to keep 64-bit OS support.
ScottBlayney (last edited 2008-08-06 16:25:21 by localhost)