ASUS A55VJ
Contents
Model A55VJ-SXH161 (also K55VJ):
Hardware
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM
- Display: 15.4" 1366x768
- Graphics: Intel with NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
- WLAN: Intel Wireless-N 2230 802.11b/g/n
- LAN: Realtek RTL8111/8168 Gigabit Ethernet controller
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 635M] (rev ff) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4) 04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01) 04:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 0a)
Installing
Disable fast boot and CSM in BIOS to be able to boot from external media.
Partition the harddrive in windows, no boot partition needed as /dev/sda1 is reserved for EFI.
You can also partition the drive while installing using parted or gptfdisk (not included with 2013.05.01 installer).
Install grub-efi-x86_64 to /dev/sda1 (/boot) and install system as usually.
Setup bios to boot from disk1/part1 with \grub\core.efi (or grub.efi or whatever the naming currently is, ignore the "fsx:" the builtin help is giving you).
If you want to boot windows normally, do not format or remove files from /dev/sda1 or the option from BIOS.
Graphics
Works with xf86-video-intel. NVIDIA GT635M works with Bumblebee
xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "touchpad" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "AreaBottomEdge" "82%" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchOS "Linux" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*" Option "Ignore" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "asus_laptop" Option "XkbLayout" "fi" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Option "DPMS" Option "Enable" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "nvgpu0" Driver "nvidia" BusID "PCI:01:00:00" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection Section "Device" Driver "intel" Option "XvMC" "true" Option "UseEvents" "true" Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "intelgpu0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
Touchpad
Works fine, use xf86-input-synaptics for better control. Add i8042.nomux=1 to kernel line, seems to help with jittery touchpad.
Sound
Works out of box with no modifications.
Power management
CPU throttling works out of box. Use /etc/systemd/logind.conf to change behaviour of keys.
Backlight
Works fine with backlight-controlAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror], use xbindkeys. FN+keys only seem to work for audio levels with Xorg.
Cardreader
Works with dkms-rts_bppAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror] from aur, remember to blacklist existing mmc modules.