Dell Latitude D630-D830

The Latitude D630 & D830 models are business laptops released by Dell in 2008. All models come with a variety of graphic and wireless network cards. Make sure you compare the hardware in your particular model before following instructions in the underlying paragraphs.

= Hardware =

* 14,1 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 (D630) * 15,4 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1680x1050 or 1920x1200 (D830) * Intel Core 2 Duo processors * Intel 965GM chipset (ICH8M) * Up to 4 GB RAM * Intel GMA X3100 or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M * ALPS GlidePoint touchpad and trackpoint * Hitachi Travelstar hard drive * TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D optical drive * Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet * Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG / 4965AGN or Dell Wireless 1390 / 1490 / 1505 wifi * Dell Wireless 360 Bluetooth * Connexcant modem * Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA or Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO card * Intel High Definition Audio (snd-hda-intel) and built-in microphone * 02 Micro Firewire * O2 Micro OZ601/6912/711E0 PC Card controller * SGS Thomson Microelectronics fingerpint sensor * O2 Micro CCID SmartCard reader * serial connector * docking station connector

Intel Mobile GM965 / GL960
See Intel_GMA for details.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS135M / NVS140
See Nvidia for details.

Dell Wireless 1390 / Dell Wireless 1490
Follow the b43 guide.
 * Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g
 * Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g

Dell Wireless 1505
There is basic support by ndiswrapper. Try following the b43 guide first.

Intel 3945 / 4965
See the iwlwifi guide.

Modem
This is supported by a proprietary driver: hsfmodem.

Sound
* 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

Supported by the kernel's Intel HDA driver with the Sigmatel codec:

Touchpad
For Xorg-7.4 and higher, you need to add the synaptics option in your INPUT_DEVICES in /etc/make.conf. A typical make.conf would contain something like this: * INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics"

With these options set, Xorg-server will pull in xf86-input-synaptics and other packages required for your selected input devices.

= Other Articles = Dell specific laptop guides:

* Dell Function Keys * Dell Hardware Sensors * Dell BIOS Upgrade * Dell Utility / System Restore / MediaDirect * Dell Docking Station

Generic Laptop guides

* ACPI * Power Management

= Troubleshooting =

Clock
Dell's internal hwclock can be troublesome. If you are unable to read out the current time using the hwclock command, add the following parameter to the CLOCK_OPTS in your /etc/conf.d/clock file:

* CLOCK_OPTS="--directisa"

For this to work, you are required to have a /dev/rtc device present. Make sure rtc (real time clock) support is enabled in your kernel.

Dell Latitude D630