Lenovo G570 2011 - laptop with Fedora 35



Host: Lenovo G570 20079 2011 - notebook with Fedora 35 (exported from Linux-Hardware.org)

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Good laptop with metal keyboard surface and good overall build quality, but low-resolution display. The display has a HD resolution. The laptop is powerful enough to run any modern operating system. I've upgraded hard drive from WDC WD5000BPVT-24HXZT3 to GIGABYTE GP-GSTFS31120GNTD SSD and added 4GB more RAM.

The wireless whitelist in BIOS doesn't allow me to replace the Wi-Fi card to a better one. It's BCM4313 requiring a lot of work to configure it in Linux. You need to update kernel and install broadcom-wl driver using low-speed Internet connection provided by a free default bcma driver. The graphics is switchable hybrid Intel+Radeon. You can disable Radeon card in BIOS.

Devices on the board are the following:

DEVICESTATUSCOMMENT
BUS: PCI
ID: 1002:68e4:17aa:397a
CLASS: 03-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
DEVICE: Robson CE [Radeon HD 6370M/7370M]
TYPE: graphics card
DRIVER: radeon

Works

This card can be disabled in BIOS if not needed.
BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:0116:17aa:397a
CLASS: 03-00
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
TYPE: graphics card
DRIVER: i915

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c20:17aa:3975
CLASS: 04-03
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
TYPE: sound
DRIVER: snd_hda_intel

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 14e4:4727:14e4:051b
CLASS: 02-80
VENDOR: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
DEVICE: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
TYPE: network
DRIVER: wl

Works

I don't like this card since it requires non-trivial configuration and lot of traffic to download newer kernel and broadcom-wl driver. Default bcma driver is too slow (~200K/s).
BUS: PCI
ID: 1969:2062:17aa:3979
CLASS: 02-00
VENDOR: Qualcomm Atheros
DEVICE: AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
TYPE: network
DRIVER: atl1c

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c03:17aa:3975
CLASS: 01-06-01
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Mobile SATA AHCI Controller
TYPE: storage
DRIVER: ahci

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:0101:17aa:3975
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:0104:17aa:3975
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c10:17aa:3975
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c12:17aa:3975
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport

Works


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c49:17aa:3975
CLASS: 06-01
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: HM65 Express Chipset LPC Controller
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: lpc_ich

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c3a:17aa:3975
CLASS: 07-80
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
TYPE: communication controller
DRIVER: mei_me

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c22:17aa:3975
CLASS: 0c-05
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
TYPE: smbus
DRIVER: i2c_i801

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c26:17aa:3975
CLASS: 0c-03-20
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: ehci_pci

Detected


BUS: PCI
ID: 8086:1c2d:17aa:3975
CLASS: 0c-03-20
VENDOR: Intel Corporation
DEVICE: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: ehci_pci

Detected


BUS: USB
ID: 04f2:b272
CLASS: 0e-01-00
VENDOR: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
DEVICE: Lenovo EasyCamera
TYPE: camera
DRIVER: uvcvideo

Detected


BUS: USB
ID: 0bda:0139
CLASS: ff-06-50
VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
DEVICE: RTS5139 Card Reader Controller
TYPE: card reader
DRIVER: rtsx_usb

Detected


BUS: USB
ID: 1d6b:0002 (2x)
CLASS: 09-00-00
VENDOR: Linux Foundation
DEVICE: 2.0 root hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub

Detected


BUS: USB
ID: 8087:0024 (2x)
CLASS: 09-00-00
VENDOR: Intel Corp.
DEVICE: Integrated Rate Matching Hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub

Detected


BUS: EISA
ID: lg-display-lgd02dc
VENDOR: LG Display
DEVICE: LCD Monitor LGD02DC 1366x768 344x194mm 15.5-inch
TYPE: monitor
DRIVER: -

Works

Low-resolution HD display - a little inconvenient to work with him.
BUS: SYS
ID: sony-pabas024 [D0A]
VENDOR: SONY
DEVICE: Battery PABAS024 Li-ion 47.5 Wh
TYPE: battery
DRIVER: -

Works

Original and almost died battery. The AC power adapter exploded recently - now using compatible adapter from ASUSTek A3500L to charge it.
BUS: SYS
ID: lenovo-40cn25ww-v2-11-07-29-2011
VENDOR: LENOVO
DEVICE: BIOS 40CN25WW(V2.11) 07/29/2011
TYPE: bios
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: intel-6-42-7-core-i5-2430m (4x)
VENDOR: Intel
DEVICE: Core i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
TYPE: cpu
DRIVER: -

Works

Powerful enough for any modern system or app.
BUS: SYS
ID: samsung-m471b5173cb0-yk0-sodimm [08B]
VENDOR: Samsung
DEVICE: RAM M471B5173CB0-YK0 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: samsung-m471b5173cb0-yk0-sodimm [97E]
VENDOR: Samsung
DEVICE: RAM M471B5173CB0-YK0 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SYS
ID: lenovo-board
VENDOR: LENOVO
DEVICE: Board
TYPE: motherboard
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: PS/2
ID: ps/2:0001-0001-at-translated-set-2-keyboard
VENDOR:
DEVICE: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
TYPE: keyboard
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: PS/2
ID: ps/2:synaptics-0007-synps-2-touchpad
VENDOR: Synaptics
DEVICE: SynPS/2 TouchPad
TYPE: touchpad
DRIVER: -

Works


BUS: SCSI
ID: optiarc-dvd-rw-ad-7710h
VENDOR: Optiarc
DEVICE: DVD RW AD-7710H
TYPE: cdrom
DRIVER: ahci, sr

Works

I burned a disc recently to install Linux on old laptop)
BUS: IDE
ID: gigabyte-gp-gstfs31120gntd [47E]
VENDOR: GIGABYTE
DEVICE: GP-GSTFS31120GNTD 120GB SSD
TYPE: disk
DRIVER: ahci, sd

Works

Replaces original slow Western Digital HDD.

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