Casper CN-VLA2830A
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Hardware Information
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0e) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0e) 00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0e) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0e) 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0e) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0e) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation ValleyView SMBus Controller (rev 0e) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07) RTL8723BE
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0745 Genesys Logic, Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Wired and Wireless Networking
Wired works out of the box.
Wireless works out of the box with kernel 4 and up, but It has issues. WiFi NIC is accessible with the removal of the entire under cover of laptop, replacing it is easy.
Bluetooth
Works out of the box
CPU
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz
You can't shut the laptop down sometimes. A user reported there is need for a microcode to shutdown [1] and [2] . You can get the related microcode here: [3] but it does not fix the issue, it just makes it happen less often.
With Linux 4.3 (4.2?) and up, there is no shutdown issue.
HDMI Out
There are issues with it while running Linux 4.4.
TouchPad
Use Kernel 4 and up, and put this "i8042.kbdreset=1" in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT for touchpad to work after a restart. Bug here [4]
Webcam
Works out of the box.
Input Devices
Input Devices Lid Switch Power Button Sleep Button Power Button AT Translated Set 2 keyboard Video Bus ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad HDA Intel PCH Mic HDA Intel PCH Headphone HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm
Storage
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-208DB ATA WDC WD5000LPVX-2 Generic STORAGE DEVICE #Card Reader
RAM
Has Single Slot Maximum supported RAM 8GB
Elixir m2s4g64cc88b4n #4GB, Datasheet [5]
Manufacturer
It is probably made by Lengda, since battery info says Lengda. Very similar to this [6] archive.is mirror
Software Information
It comes with Windows 8.1. Key embedded in bios. It is not "Bing Edition"
BIOS
User can disable secure boot.
UEFI or Legacy mode. Legacy mode is not tested.
Tested with Ubuntu 14.04 for now.
Battery
8.2V Design capacity 32.6 Wh