ASUS N550JX

This article covers hardware specific configuration for ASUS N550JX laptop.

HardwarePCI/USB IDWorking?
GPU (Intel)8086:0416Yes
GPU (Nvidia)10de:139aYes
EthernetYes
WirelessYes
AudioYes
TouchpadYes
CameraYes
Card ReaderYes
BluetoothYes

Video

Laptop comes with two GPUs (integrated Intel and dedicated NVIDIA). NVIDIA Optimus technology can be implemented and controlled using Bumblebee software.

Audio

External sub-woofer works after configuration as follows:

/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel-n550jx.conf
options snd-hda-intel patch=n550jx-lfe-fix,n550jx-lfe-fix
/lib/firmware/n550jx-lfe-fix
[codec]
0x10ec0668 0x104313df 0

[pincfg]
0x1a 0x00106111

You can install these from asus-n550jx-subwoofer-fixAUR

A kernel bug is filled for this patch to be included in ALSA future releases.

Keyboard

In order to make all keyboard function keys (Fn+F1 to Fn+F12) generate correct signals - add kernel parameter to your bootloader.

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