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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

Layout derived from Linlap - The Linux Laptop Wiki

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 as tested on Fedora 22 Beta

Devices Compatibility Comments
Processor Yes Works out of box
Display Yes Tested on both Gnome Session and Gnome on Wayland
Storage Yes Works out of box
Optical Drive Yes Works out of box
Graphic Yes
HDMI port Yes Works out fox
Display port Yes Works out box
Sound Yes Works out of box
Microphone Yes
Headphone+Microphone combo Yes
Ethernet Not tested
Wireless Yes Works out of box
Bluetooth Yes Version 4.0
USB Yes Works out of box
Card Reader Yes Works out box
Webcam No App
Keyboard Yes Fn keys not functional rhbz#1206862
Touchpad Yes Workaround exists as listed on rhbz#1208625 - Fix for ASUS TP500LA seems working for this touchpad too rhbz#1182816
Suspend/Resume 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