This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus G53Jw laptop.
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Name | Asus G53Jw |
Processor | Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 620M/820QM/740QM/720QM : 2.66 GHz - 1.6 GHz, with Turbo Boost up to 3.33/3.06/2.93/2.8 GHz; Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M/520M/460M/450M/430M : 2.53 GHz - 2.26 GHz, with Turbo Boost up to 3.06/2.93/2.8/2.66/2.53 GHz Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 370M/350M/330M : 2.4 GHz - 2.13 GHz, |
Screen | 15.6“ (1366×768) Widescreen 15.6” (1920×1080) Widescreen |
RAM | Up to 16GB for i7 platform Up to 4GB for i5 and i3 platforms |
HDD | up to 750GB |
Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M |
Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11b/g/n |
Device | Compatibility | Comments |
---|---|---|
Processor | Works | Turbo Boost working |
HDD | Works | |
Optical Drive | Works | |
Graphics | Works | Nvidia Proprietary Drivers |
Sound | Works | HDA Intel |
HDMI | Works | |
Ethernet | Works | r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver |
Wireless | Works | Atheros AR9285 |
Bluetooth | Works | |
Webcam | Works | UVC WebCam (uvcvideo) |
USB 2.0 | Works | |
Card Reader | Works | see details below |
Backlit Keyboard | Works | May require special configuration, see below |
Suspend | Works | May require special configuration, see below |
USB 3.0 | Partial/Needs Testing | May require special configuration, see below |
Screen | Partial | Brightness controls not working locked at 100% |
Hibernate | Not Working | Hangs at boot |
Works on Ubuntu 11.04 but does not work on Ubuntu 10.10 out of the box.
Add pci=nomsi to /etc/default/grub :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pci=nomsi"
Update grub :
sudo update-grub
Ubuntu 11.10 AMD64 with the pci=nomsi:
Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64 users (assuming without the pci=nomsi):
The Backlit Keyboard did not work 100% out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64. It works 100% with the Asus Keyboard Backlight package, even adjusting the brightness with the FN + F3/F4 keys works great! https://launchpad.net/asus-keyboard-backlight
Suspend (sleep) did not work out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64 or Ubuntu 11.04. Create two files to fix. Reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9180298
/etc/pm/config.d/usb3-suspend-workaround :
SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci_hcd"
/etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd :
#!/bin/bash # Fixes for ASUS G53JW EHCI_DEVICES="0000:00:1a.0 0000:00:1d.0" case "${1}" in hibernate|suspend) # Unbind ehci_hcd devices for x in $EHCI_DEVICES do echo -n "$x" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind done ;; resume|thaw) # Bind ehci_hcd devices for x in $EHCI_DEVICES do echo -n "$x" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind done ;; esac
Make it executable:
sudo chmod 755 /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd
Hibernate (suspend to disk) did not work for me in Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64 even with the Suspend Fix. The laptop powers off but gets hung part way thru the startup process when powering back on. I have to reboot with CTRL-ALT-DEL and boot into Ubuntu without restoring from the suspend.
Stephen Michaels Xendarboh