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Dell Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1

Introduction

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Taken from Dell website about Dell Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1 Overview

Specification

  • Manufacturer Dell
  • Processor AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5825U (20 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads)
  • Chipset AMD CZ FCH
  • Memory 32GB DDR 3200 MHz DDRAM4*
  • Display 14", FHD+ 1920x1200, 60Hz, Touch, WVA, TrueLife™, Narrow Border, Pen Support
  • Graphic AMD Radeon® Vega8 with 2GB DDR4 VRAM Built-in Ryzen 5824U
  • Storage Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe 1TB
  • Card Reader 2 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ SDHC/ MMC)
  • Camera 1080p at 30 fps, FHD camera Dual-array microphones
  • Networking MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921 2x2 and Bluetooth 5.2
  • Interface 2 USB 3.2 Type-C™ Gen 2 , 1 USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 HDMI 1.4, 1 headphone/microphone combo
  • Audio 1 headset (headphone and microphone combo) port and Stereo speakers with Realtek ALC3254-CG, 2 W x 2 = 4 W total

Linux compatibility as tested on Fedora 37 Design Suite

Devices Compatibility Comments
Processor Yes Works out of box. Detected as AMD Ryzen™ 7 5825U with Radeon™ Graphics × 16
Display Yes* Tested on both Gnome Session and Gnome on Wayland (regression on Mutter 40+ due to upstream change) with Screen Rotate Extension . The screen auto-rotation is active since Linux kernel 5.12
Storage Yes Works out of box
Graphics Yes Detected as AMD Radeon Graphics
HDMI port Yes Works out box (tested on an external HD TV monitor)
Display port Yes Works out box
Sound Yes Works out of box
Microphone Yes Works out of box
Headphone+Microphone combo Yes Works out of box
Wireless Yes Works out of box
Bluetooth Yes Version 5.2
USB Yes Works out of box
Card Reader Yes Works out box
Webcam Yes* Runs at 1080p 30 frames a second
Keyboard Yes Works out of box including the support of back-light.
Touchpad Yes Works out of box using macOS method adjustable to Windows style via Gnome Tweak.
Touchscreen + Stylus Yes Work out of box
Suspend/Resume Yes Works out box.

==== Notes ====

  • Memory is upgradable up to 32 GB RAM.
  • '*' means customized

Linux Hardware report

Installation

Fedora supports secure boot enabled by default in the laptop so the process is streamlined. Dual boot with the pre-installed Windows 11 is simple by preserving the /boot/efi partition which includes the Dell SmartAssist to access UEFI.

Touchscreen & Stylus

As tested on Fedora Linux 36 Design Suite, both touch screen and stylus input work out of box.

Orientation Sensors

This model has an AMD Fusion Sensor Hub listed as 04:00.7 Signal processing controller [1180]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub [1022:15e4] from lspci -nn output. The driver landed on Linux kernel 5.6.11 and received improvement on kernel 5.12 series.

Storage

This model comes with a 512 GB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD storage upgradeable.

Miscellaneous

This model comes with fingerprint authentication on top of power button fully supported out box. Know issue is related to suspend and resume part.

Summary

  • All test is done on an Design Suite 36 based on Fedora Workstation with nearly out-of-box experience.
  • The battery usage is about 6 hours depending of the usage. Optimization on demand comes standard on Fedora 35 with the following options: Power Saver, Balanced and Performance.