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Toshiba Satelite 5105-S501
Hardware Components
Intel 82845 I/O Controller
USB 1.1 - no USB 2.0
40GB Toshiba MK4019GAX Hard Drive
Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go 32MB
Matshita UJDA730 DVD/CDRW
Toshiba PCI-0804 Smart Media Host Controller
Texas Instruments IEEE 1394 Bus controller
SMC IrCC - Fast Infared Port
Toshiba Software Modem AMR
LCD Monitor max resolution: 1400x1050
Intel Pro/100 VE Network Connection
PCMCIA Toshiba ToPIC100 Cardbus Controller
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile CPU 1.7GHz
Yamaha AC-XG Audio Device
Harmon/kardon speakers Dolby Digital
3 USB 1.1 ports
1 IEEE 1394 (small) Firewire port
1 Serial Video Out port
1 External Volume control wheel
2 Smart media card slots
1 external IR switch
Bluetooth??
Status Under Knoppix Linux 3.6 v8-16-04 w/ Kernel 2.6.7
Works Great! - very quick - detected my USB MS Intellimouse and USB keyboard. Mounts my firewire external HD okay also.
Notes
I didn't partition my HD for a full Knoppix/Debian-linux hard drive installation (this is my work laptop) so I tested simply with the latest version of Knoppix. Knoppix is a full-featured linux debian distro that boots directly from the CD-ROM. You can download the
This laptop requires you to hit the arrow keys during post to select the CD-Rom for boot (second icon from the left). Upon booting to Knoppix CD, hit F2 (may have to toggle Fn key, or use Ctrl+F2, or Alt+F2) to get to knoppix cheat codes. Enter at prompt "knoppix26 screen=1400x1050"
The LCD Screen and Resolution at 1400x1050 looks beautiful!
Sound, USB, Firewire, CD-RW/DVD, Ethernet are working correctly -modem unable to query with modem setup at
Processor (CPU)
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.70GHz
stepping : 4
cpu MHz : 1694.695
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips : 3350.52
Video
Knoppix Detects and installs nVidia GeForce4 440 Go 32MB
Works - XINE plays
Memory
512MB, SDRAM, 2x256MB DIMMs
40 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Works- Knoppix will mount this volume to the desktop as hda1
No Floppy Drive
Integrated Network Card
Works
Internal 56k Modem
Doesn't Work
16x cd-rw max write speed
Works- didn't test DVD because bootable OS cd in drive
D-LINK AirPlus DWL-G630 802.11G Wireless PCMCIA Card:
Doesn't Work - haven't had time to do a HD install and test the DriverLoader drivers.
In Process
L-ion DC 10.8V 4000mAh Toshiba Battery
Works
Yamaha AC-XG Audio Device
No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.7 - no cracks or pops; external volume wheel functions correctly.
Setting up additional features for Knoppix
from penguin menu choose utilities -> install software (while running from CD)
Suspend-to-Disk
Not tested
Unresolved issues Software Modem drivers, Wireless PCMCIA card, Smart Media (will it read sm cards?), Remote controll (most likely will only work with Toshiba's implimentation of Windows Media Player under Windows XP.
KDE battery meter appears to function correctly.
Contact Information
e-mail address: jasoncoltrinatgmaildotcom
Yahoo! ID: tiwerd
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