HP Envy 15t-j000 Quad Edition
The HP Envy 15t-j000 Quad Edition is a laptop released in 2013.
| Device | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| Audio | Yes | |
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Camera | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| Fingerprint Reader | No |
Installation
This laptop has secure boot enabled by default. In order to install Arch this should be disabled. UEFI should be set to legacy mode.
Backlight
On some kernels the laptop backlight will not turn on, leaving a black screen on boot. This can be solved with the following kernel parameter:
acpi_backlight=vendor
Battery and Power Management
The rated battery life for this laptop is 9hrs and with configuration 5.5 hrs is usually possible.
Install acpi, thermald, tlp, iw, smartmontools, intel-ucode and cpupower.
Start/enable and
See TLP for details on its configuration and the page dedicated to the microcode for explanation on loading it.
Trackpad
The trackpad for this laptop supports a virtual scroll wheel. To enable it, comment out the following:
GPU
If you have the version of this laptop with an NVIDIA card, see NVIDIA Optimus.
Fingerprint Reader
This laptop comes with a fingerprint reader but there is no Linux driver for it.
mSATA SSD
This laptop has a mSATA bay that can be used as a cache for a hard drive. See Bcache or LVM#Cache for details.