Last updated: 02-oct-2007
General Hardware Specifications of HP Compaq nw9440 (model RH547EA)
| Hardware Components | Status under Linux | Notes |
| CPU: Intel Core2 T7600@2.33GHz, Chipset: Mobile™ Intel® 915PM Express | Works in SMP mode | No special procedure required during installation |
| Memory: 2Gb DDR2 (1 sodimm) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Display: TFT 1920x1200 WUXGA+WVA with ambient light sensor | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M (512Mb memory) | Works | http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html |
| 100GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Drive (HTS721010G9SA00) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| DVDW TS_L632D | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated 56k Modem (Conexant HSF) | Works | http://www.linuxant.com/drivers |
| Integrated Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated Sound: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) HD Audio | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Inegrated Bluetooth: Broadcom | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated IEEE 1394 | N/A | Detected by Linux as standard PCI OHCI device but has not been tested yet (do not have firewire device around) |
| Integrated Authentec Fingerprint Sensor | N/A | Detected by Linux as USB device; has not been tested |
| Integrated Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader | Works* | See note below |
| Integrated GemCore based SmartCard controller | N/A | Detected by Linux as PCI device; has not been tested |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.18.8-0.3 (SuSE default available at instasllation media)
(*) After quick investigation i have found a note related to Texas Instruments SD MMC pci controller. The one is quite old but remains actual for TI [and SuSE?]