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Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng

From Tim Ritberg <tim@server.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng
Date 2016-02-25 10:10 +0100
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Am 25.02.2016 um 04:03 schrieb Bobbie Sellers:

> 
> About which machine?
ab008ng

> HP Pavilion 15n225nr IS the machine I work on every day.
> 
> HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng is what you had written
> as the subject of your initial post.
> 
> I went online and looked it up.
> 
>> i5-5200U
>> NVIDIA GeForce 940 4GB DDR3
>> 1000 GB SSHD
> 
>     Were not the specs I found when I looked at
> the several references DuckDuckGo pulled up.
strange...
> 

>     Now HP is a manufacturer which has lots of similar
> machines with all the variations from AMD A-6 through
> Intel i7s with the same general model names but quite a
> wide range of internals.
> 
>     Now the only problem is that if your real specs
> above is that NVidia GeForce 940? It may not yet have
> a driver but that is unlikely.  NVidia has it own drivers
> available for Linux users to download the last I looked
> which is now about 2 years ago.  If the Linux you try out
> runs without getting this driver then it was either included
> or a Open Source alternative is available.  I found this
> reference which is just over a year old,
> <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-geforce-gtx960&num=2>
Nvidia is running with Linux but this Notebook will possible have Nvidia
Optimus. The question is, can I select GPU in Bios? Nvidia or Intel?

> 
> 
>     What I suggest is trying out the latest version
> of Knoppix which will run live and which can easily be
> written to Flash Drive.  If it does not have the drivers
> for your NVidia then you might have wait until newer versions
> are out.
>     To boot Linux disk you will have to change the
> firmware settings in the UEFI package to legacy and
> shut off Secure Boot only.
I do not own this netobook yet.

> 
> 
>     bliss

Tim

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HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Tim Ritberg <tim@server.invalid> - 2016-02-24 15:33 +0100
  Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-02-24 07:33 -0800
    Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Tim Ritberg <tim@server.invalid> - 2016-02-24 18:24 +0100
      Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-02-24 11:23 -0800
        Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Tim Ritberg <tim@server.invalid> - 2016-02-24 21:03 +0100
          Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-02-24 19:03 -0800
            Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Tim Ritberg <tim@server.invalid> - 2016-02-25 10:10 +0100
              Re: HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab008ng Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-02-25 07:00 -0800

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