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Asus X550Z

Introduction

Designed for everyday multitasking and entertainment for smart and practical users, the ASUS X Series notebooks redefine your expectations of all-rounder notebook. With a spun-circle finish and patterned palm rests, the X Series adds a touch of sophistication and elegance to everyday computing. Its slim profile is 5% thinner than the previous X Series notebook, and still houses to a large touchpad with intuitive multi-point Smart Gesture input, multiple USB 3.0 ports for fast data transfer and IceCool technology to keep your palm rests cool. Taken from ASUS website about X550ZE Overview

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Specification

  • Manufacturer ASUS
  • Processor AMD® APU A10-7400P Processor
  • Chipset AMD A76M FCH
  • Memory 8GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM
  • Display 15.6" 16:9 Full HD (1920x1080)
  • Graphic AMD Radeon® R5 M230 + Radeon® R7 M265 DX Dual Graphics with 2GB DDR3 VRAM Built-in A10-7400P
  • Storage 2.5" 9.5mm SATA 1TB 5400/7200 RPM
  • Optical Drive Super-Multi DVD
  • Card Reader 2 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ SDHC/ MMC)
  • Camera VGA Web Camera
  • Networking Integrated 802.11 b/g/n, Built-in Bluetooth™ V4.0, 10/100/1000/Gigabits Base T
  • Interface 1 x COMBO audio jack, 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor, 2 x USB 3.0 port(s), 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert, 1 x HDMI
  • Audio Built-in Speakers And Microphone, SonicMaster

Linux compatibility

Devices Compatibility Comments
Processor Yes
Display Yes Tested on both Gnome Session and Gnome on Wayland
Storage Yes
Optical Drive Yes
Graphic Yes (with Wayland) Crashed on X session
HDMI port Not tested
Display port Not tested
Sound Yes
Microphone Yes
Headphone+Microphone combo Yes
Ethernet Not tested
Wireless Yes
Bluetooth Yes Version 4.0
USB Yes
Card Reader Not tested
Webcam Not tested Segmentation fault on Gnome on Wayland
Keyboard Yes Fn keys not functional rhbz#1206862
Touchpad Broken Touchpad not functional rhbz#1110011
Suspend/Resume Yes
Webcam Yes

Notes

  • Default GNOME session crashes after authentication from login screen -> Bug from xorg-x11-drv-ati driver
  • GNOME on Wayland runs smoothly with some known issues such as cursor animation, totem and cheese segmentation fault
  • High power consumption due to lack of optimal power management

Summary