ASUS A3500L 2004 - laptop with Antix 21 i686



Host: ASUSTek Computer A3L 2005 - notebook with antiX 21 (exported from Linux-Hardware.org)

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This is my oldest laptop with large 15-inch 4:3 screen. It doesn't support x64 and too slow, so I chose latest Antix 21 i686 for it. Installed via CDROM - it doesn't support boot from USB. Upgraded CPU from Celeron to Pentium, replaced drive from HTS424040M9AT00 4200RPM to HTS721060G9AT00 7200RPM, added Wi-Fi mini PCI Atheros AR2413 card and added 1GB more RAM (2GB max for this board).

Devices on board are the following:

DEVICESTATUSCOMMENT
BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:3582:1043:1712 (2x)
CLASS: 03-80
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
TYPE: graphics card
DRIVER: i915

Works

Minor YouTube video playback problems.
BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24c5:1043:1893
CLASS: 04-01
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
TYPE: sound
DRIVER: snd_intel8x0

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 10ec:8139:1043:1045
CLASS: 02-00
VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
DEVICE: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
TYPE: network
DRIVER: 8139too, 8139cp

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 168c:001a:168c:2052
CLASS: 02-00
VENDOR: Qualcomm Atheros
DEVICE: AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg]
TYPE: network
DRIVER: ath5k

Works

Added this module to get connected to WiFi.
BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24ca:1043:1897
CLASS: 01-01-8a
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
TYPE: storage
DRIVER: ata_piix

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 1180:0476:1043:1894 (2x)
CLASS: 06-07
VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd
DEVICE: RL5c476 II
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: yenta_socket

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:2448
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: shpchp

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24cc
CLASS: 06-01
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: lpc_ich

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:3580:1043:1897
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: agpgart_intel

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 1180:0552:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-00-10
VENDOR: Ricoh Co Ltd
DEVICE: R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller
TYPE: firewire controller
DRIVER: firewire_ohci

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24c3:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-05
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
TYPE: smbus
DRIVER: i2c_i801

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:3584:1043:1897
CLASS: 08-80
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
TYPE: system peripheral
DRIVER: -

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:3585:1043:1897
CLASS: 08-80
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
TYPE: system peripheral
DRIVER: -

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24c2:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-03
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: uhci_hcd

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24c4:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-03
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: uhci_hcd

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24c7:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-03
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: uhci_hcd

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:24cd:1043:1897
CLASS: 0c-03-20
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: ehci_pci

Detected


BUS: USB
ID: 1d6b:0001 (3x)
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: USB
ID: 046d:c52f
CLASS: 03-01-02
VENDOR: Logitech, Inc.
DEVICE: Unifying Receiver
TYPE: mouse
DRIVER: usbhid

Detected


BUS: EISA
ID: lcd-monitor-1024x768
VENDOR:
DEVICE: LCD Monitor 1024x768
TYPE: monitor
DRIVER: -

Works

Large 4:3 display.
BUS: SYS
ID: asustek-a3l [6E7]
VENDOR: ASUSTEK
DEVICE: Battery A3L Li-ion 88.8 Wh
TYPE: battery
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: american-megatrends-0215-01-04-2005
VENDOR: American Megatrends Inc.
DEVICE: BIOS 0215 01/04/2005
TYPE: bios
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: intel-6-13-6-pentium-m
VENDOR: Intel
DEVICE: Pentium M processor 1.60GHz
TYPE: cpu
DRIVER: -

Works

Replaces original Celeron M processor. But I didn't notice any performance improvement after upgrade.
BUS: SYS
ID: ram-module-1gb-sdram-266-sodimm [264]
VENDOR:
DEVICE: RAM Module 1GB SODIMM SDRAM 266MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: ram-module-1gb-sdram-266-sodimm [274]
VENDOR:
DEVICE: RAM Module 1GB SODIMM SDRAM 266MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: asustek-a3l-2-2
VENDOR: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
DEVICE: Motherboard A3L 2.2
TYPE: motherboard
DRIVER: -

Works

Replaced by official ASUS service in 2006 due to malfunction.
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: SCSI
ID: asus-scb-2424v
VENDOR: ASUS
DEVICE: SCB-2424V
TYPE: cdrom
DRIVER: ata_piix, sr

Detected


BUS: IDE
ID: hitachi-hts721060g9at00 [40E]
VENDOR: Hitachi
DEVICE: HTS721060G9AT00 64GB
TYPE: disk
DRIVER: ata_piix, sd

Malfunc

The S.M.A.R.T. errors are detected. It's recommended to replace the drive soon.

Replaces slow original Hitachi 4200RPM PATA HDD.

Performance can be improved even more by installing PATA SSD.

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