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Dell XPS M1330 Hardware Page
The major hardware components of this laptop basically work in Fedora 12.
Version of Fedora Tested
- Fedora 12
Configuration Tested
- CPU: XPS M1330 - Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
- Memory: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
- Display: Slim and Light LED Display with 0.3 MP (640x480) Omnivision Webcam
- Graphics: 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400M GS
- Hard Drive: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
- Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Network Card
- Optical drive: CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive), slot load
- Sound: High Definition Audio 2.0
- Wireless: Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
- Battery: 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
- Fingerprint Reader: Biometric Fingerprint Reader
- Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
- Other: 9-in-1 media card reader, IR remote that fits in Express PCM slot
What works
- 1280x800 display resolution in X
- Standard keyboard features
- Trackpad, including scrolling regions and tap-to-click
- Wireless
- Media keys: eject, previous track, stop, play/pause, next track, mute, volume decrease, volume increase.
- Brightness up/down keys (fn-up, fn-down)
- Ports: ethernet, 2 USB, stereo headphones
- Built-in speakers
- Webcam
- 9-in-1 card reader (tested on 256 MB MultiMediaCard)
- CD/DVD drive
- IR remote control. The remote control fits in the express PC card slot. It works for volume control, forward-backward of presentations, and pause-play-next in Rhythmbox.
- Hibernate/suspend key (Fn+F1)
- Battery info (Fn+F3)
- CRT/LCD key for VGA out (Fn+F8)
- "Home" media button to open nautilus in home folder
- CPU scaling
- Fingerprint reader
- Wireless Kill Switch
Not Tested
- HDMI out
- Bluetooth
- Wireless with WPA authentication
- DVD playing
- Media cards other than MMC
Wireless
This can be enabled with ndiswrapper and a Windows driver. See http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~hamkins/M1330_fedora_12.html#wireless for details.