MSI M510c w/FC4
| Processor
Type |
Intel
Pentium
M 1.6/ GHZ (1M L2, Cache) |
|
| Chipset |
Intel
855PM/ICH4-M |
|
| System
Memory |
266DDR
SO-DIMM 512MB |
|
| Video
Controller |
ATI
Mobility Radeon 9700
VRAM 64MB |
WORKS |
| LCD |
1400x1050
SXGA+, max.
32bit colors |
WORKS out of the BOX |
| Audio |
Internal
Speaker: 2 Stereo
Speakers (1.0W )
SoundBlaster compatible HW
MIDI: S/W wave table |
WORKS out of the BOX |
| HDD |
9.5mm
High, 40GB |
|
| IDE
Controller |
Ultra
DMA ATA-100 |
|
| Optical
Drive |
COMBO |
WORKS out of the BOX |
| Communication
Port |
56K
Fax/MODEM |
WORKS |
| LAN |
10/100
Base on board LAN |
WORKS out of the BOX |
| Wireless
LAN |
(802.11b/g) |
WORKS |
| PCMCIA Slot |
Type
II x 1, CardBus:
Support |
NOT
TESTED |
| Card
Reader |
MMC/
SD/ MS/ SM 4-in-1
card reader x 1 |
NOT
TESTED |
| I/O
Port |
Parallel
port x 1
Monitor(VGA) 15 pin Mini D-Sub x 1
USB x 3 (Ver. 2.0)
IEEE1394 x 1
Mic-in x 1
Headphone out x 1
RJ45 x 1 Ethernet Connector
RJ11 x 1 Modem Connector
S-Video x1 TV Output |
|
| Power
Management |
ACPI
Power Management, support standby suspend
|
FAILED |
| Dimension |
329x280x32.8~37.2mm |
|
| Weight |
2.9Kg |
|
Problems encounted...
The M510c suffers from the "garbage" bug
but thats not all...
You will also need to disable acpi during the install and while booting
the kernel, this can be done from the install prompt as follows...
linux
acpi=off nofb
Installation
The M510c comes with either an ATi 9600 or 9700 mobile Radeon,
installation was simple and trouble free.
You
will need the following rpms
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.5.4.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/kernel-module-fglrx-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.5.4.i686.rpm
I get 2258fps on glxgears and 445fps on fgl_glxgears.
I can play Unreal
Tournament 2004
at 1280x1024 everything HIGHEST and
its liquid. Quake
3/Team Arena at
1024x768
everything HIGH and I get above 80fps
on
any timedemo map!
The INTEL modem in this laptop seems to work well with the SmartLink
Drivers
First add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf
install snd_intel8x0m /bin/true
Then
rmmod snd_intel8x0m
Then
make and make
install the following.
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmodem-2.9.9e-pre1.tar.gz
or slmodem-2.9.9e-pre1.tar.gz on this server
Then
cp -Rf /dev/slamr0
/etc/udev/devices/
Then copy the following file into /etc/init.d/
http://oasis.dit.upm.es/~jantonio/personal/aspire1410/slmodemd
or slmodemd on this server
Give it permissions
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/slmodemd
And edit line 18 in that file to reflect the correct country, country
names can be take from
slmodemd --countrylist
Finally
chkconfig --levels 345
slmodemd
reboot
The Intel PROWireless works really well on this laptop.
You
will need to install the following rpms.
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/atrpms.net/fc4-i386/atrpms/testing/ipw2200-firmware-2.3-6.at.noarch.rpm
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/atrpms.net/fc4-i386/atrpms/testing/ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-1.0.4-29.rhfc4.at.i686.rpm
Dont
forget to turn the card ON using the antena button.
00:00.0 Host
bridge: Intel Corporation
82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 21)
00:01.0 PCI
bridge: Intel Corporation
82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 21)
00:1d.0 USB
Controller: Intel
Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB
Controller: Intel
Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB
Controller: Intel
Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB
Controller: Intel
Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI
bridge: Intel Corporation
82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA
bridge: Intel Corporation
82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev
03)
00:1f.1 IDE
interface: Intel
Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5
Multimedia audio
controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem:
Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem
Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA
compatible controller: ATI
Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
Radeon 9600
M10]
02:03.0 Ethernet
controller: Realtek
Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev
10)
02:04.0 CardBus
bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd
RL5c476 II (rev ac)
02:04.1 CardBus
bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd
RL5c476 II (rev ac)
02:04.2 FireWire
(IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 04)
02:09.0 Network
controller: Intel
Corporation PRO/Wireless
2200BG (rev 05)
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