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Asus K51AC
Introduction
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus K51AC specifications page.
| Name | Asus K51AC |
| Processor | AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Processor ZM84 AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM74 |
| Screen | 15.6“ HD (1366×768) Color-Shine (Glare-type) |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | 160GB to 500GB - 5400rpm |
| Optical Drive | DVD Super Multi |
| Network | 10/100/1000 802.11 a/b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Screen | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| HDD | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Optical Drive | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Graphics | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Sound | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 NOT OK | kernel 2.6.32.8 OK |
| Ethernet | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Wireless | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 NOT OK | kernel 2.6.32.8 OK |
| USB | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Card Reader | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | |
| Webcam | Debian Lenny 5.0.4 OK | Upside down |
Notes
AFAIK everything works out-of-the-box with a recent kernel.
2 Trivial issues:
* suspend to RAM does not work (yet), suspend to disk works fine
* Webcan is upside down
Summary
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Discussion
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Hibernate and suspend to RAM works fine (kernel 2.6.39)
Latest AMD Catalyst driver now support suspend, too. And provide far better power efficiency (idle ~ 10 W less)
my older K51AC (with QL-65 processor) runs nicely with CrunchBang Linux 20110207 (Debian testing based) and actual Liquorix kernel (2.6.39.2).
Anything works out of the box. Webcam (cheese) is NOT upside down. Sound and wireless are both fine. (The distro doesn't use pulseaudio which breaks headphone sensing and more on this model)