Dec 08, 2021, 04:27 PM
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Host: ASUSTek Computer X71SL 2008 - notebook with antiX 21 (exported from Linux-Hardware.org)
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This is my second laptop from 2009 with large 17.1-inch 16:10 screen. I've upgraded ST9320320AS HDD drive to OCZ AGILITY3 SSD, replaced the P7350 CPU by P8600 and added 1GB more RAM (4GB max for this board). The storage controller is SATA2 and the sequential read/write speed of the drive is limited by 60 MB/sec. Second drive slot seems not working at all - some driver problem on Linux. There is also a slot for SIM card on the board, but full-size PCI-E WLAN card installed instead of WWAN.
The laptop is powerful enough to run modern Linux distros, but unfortunately not supported by recent Linux kernels. I've tried a lot of modern Linux distributions (Fedora, Ubuntu, Lite, etc.) - none of them work. Seems that there is some nouveau driver problem, but I'm not sure. Only recent Antix 21 i686 with kernel 4.9.0 successfully installed on it. Only 3GB of RAM is recognized by the system, but the system itself takes only 200MB of memory, so there is a lot of free memory remaining for apps.
Devices on the board are the following:
| DEVICE | STATUS | COMMENT |
| BUS: PCI ID: 10de:06e9:1043:19b2 CLASS: 03-00 VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation DEVICE: G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] TYPE: graphics card DRIVER: nouveau | Works | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:7502:1043:1963 CLASS: 04-03 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: Azalia Audio Controller TYPE: sound DRIVER: snd_hda_intel | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:0191:1043:1815 CLASS: 02-00 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter TYPE: network DRIVER: sis190 | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 168c:002a:1a3b:1067 CLASS: 02-80 VENDOR: Qualcomm Atheros DEVICE: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) TYPE: network DRIVER: ath9k | Works | This full-size PCI-e card can be replaced by a WWAN. There is a SIM card slot nearby. |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:1183:1043:1aa7 CLASS: 01-01-8f VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: SATA Controller / IDE mode TYPE: storage DRIVER: sata_sis | Works | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:5513:1043:1aa7 CLASS: 01-01-80 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: 5513 IDE Controller TYPE: storage DRIVER: pata_sis | Failed | Write failures on connected drives. I'm not sure if this is a driver issue or hardware damage. |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:0004:1039:0004 CLASS: 06-04 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: PCI-to-PCI bridge TYPE: bridge DRIVER: shpchp | Works | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:000a:1039:0004 CLASS: 06-04 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: PCI-to-PCI bridge TYPE: bridge DRIVER: shpchp | Works | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:0671:1043:1aa7 CLASS: 06-00 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: 671MX TYPE: bridge DRIVER: - | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:0968 CLASS: 06-01 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] TYPE: bridge DRIVER: - | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1180:0832:1043:1877 CLASS: 0c-00-10 VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd DEVICE: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller TYPE: firewire controller DRIVER: firewire_ohci | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1180:0822:1043:1877 CLASS: 08-05 VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd DEVICE: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter TYPE: sd host controller DRIVER: sdhci_pci | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1180:0592:1043:1877 CLASS: 08-80 VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd DEVICE: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter TYPE: system peripheral DRIVER: r592 | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1180:0852:1043:1877 CLASS: 08-80 VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd DEVICE: xD-Picture Card Controller TYPE: system peripheral DRIVER: r852 | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:7001:1043:1aa7 (2x) CLASS: 0c-03-10 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: USB 1.1 Controller TYPE: usb controller DRIVER: ohci_pci | Detected | |
| BUS: PCI ID: 1039:7002:1043:1aa7 CLASS: 0c-03-20 VENDOR: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] DEVICE: USB 2.0 Controller TYPE: usb controller DRIVER: ehci_pci | Detected | |
| BUS: USB ID: 0b05:1751 CLASS: e0-01-01 VENDOR: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. DEVICE: BT-253 Bluetooth Adapter TYPE: bluetooth DRIVER: btusb | Detected | |
| BUS: USB ID: 064e:a111 CLASS: 0e-01-00 VENDOR: Suyin Corp. DEVICE: USB2.0 UVC 1.3M WebCam TYPE: camera DRIVER: uvcvideo | Detected | |
| BUS: USB ID: 1d6b:0001 (2x) CLASS: 09-00-00 VENDOR: Linux Foundation DEVICE: 1.1 root hub TYPE: hub DRIVER: hub | Detected | |
| BUS: USB ID: 1d6b:0002 CLASS: 09-00-00 VENDOR: Linux Foundation DEVICE: 2.0 root hub TYPE: hub DRIVER: hub | Detected | |
| BUS: EISA ID: lg-philips-lpla101 VENDOR: LG Philips DEVICE: LCD Monitor LPLA101 1440x900 367x230mm 17.1-inch TYPE: monitor DRIVER: - | Works | Large 16:10 screen. |
| BUS: SYS ID: asustek-m70-26 [6E7] VENDOR: ASUSTEK DEVICE: Battery M70--26 Li-ion 78.0 Wh TYPE: battery DRIVER: - | Works | This is a replacement battery. |
| BUS: SYS ID: american-megatrends-206-11-05-2008 VENDOR: American Megatrends Inc. DEVICE: BIOS 206 11/05/2008 TYPE: bios DRIVER: - | Works | |
| BUS: SYS ID: intel-6-23-10-core-2-duo-p8600 (2x) VENDOR: Intel DEVICE: Core 2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz TYPE: cpu DRIVER: - | Works | Replaces original P7350 CPU. |
| BUS: SYS ID: ram-module-2gb-sdram-sodimm [264] VENDOR: DEVICE: RAM Module 2GB SODIMM SDRAM TYPE: memory DRIVER: - | Works | |
| BUS: SYS ID: ram-module-2gb-sdram-sodimm [C05] VENDOR: DEVICE: RAM Module 2GB SODIMM SDRAM TYPE: memory DRIVER: - | Works | |
| BUS: SYS ID: pegatron-x71sl-1-0 VENDOR: PEGATRON CORPORATION DEVICE: Motherboard X71SL 1.0 TYPE: motherboard DRIVER: - | Works | Not supported by newer Linux kernels after 4.9. |
| BUS: PS/2 ID: ps/2:0001-0001-at-translated-set-2-keyboard VENDOR: DEVICE: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard TYPE: keyboard DRIVER: - | Detected | |
| BUS: PS/2 ID: ps/2:synaptics-0007-synps-2-touchpad VENDOR: Synaptics DEVICE: SynPS/2 TouchPad TYPE: touchpad DRIVER: - | Works | |
| BUS: SCSI ID: tsstcorp-cddvdw-ts-l633a VENDOR: TSSTcorp DEVICE: CDDVDW TS-L633A TYPE: cdrom DRIVER: sata_sis, sr | Detected | |
| BUS: IDE ID: ocz-agility3-120gb [C4A] VENDOR: OCZ DEVICE: AGILITY3 120GB SSD TYPE: disk DRIVER: sata_sis, sd | Works | Replaces slow original Seagate HDD. |
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