Lenovo IdeaPad Y500

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The Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 is a modular laptop with the ability to replace the CD-ROM drive with an SSD/HDD/GPU. The hardware is supported by Linux very well.

Hardware

Standard

Tip
The CD-ROM drive can be easily replaced with an additional SSD/HDD/GPU.
Device Make/model Status Vendor ID / Product ID Kernel driver(s) Kernel version Notes
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM Works N/A N/A 3.11
GPU NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M / GTX 660M LE] Works 10de:0fd1 N/A 3.11
SSD SanDisk® U100 SSD Works N/A N/A 3.11
HDD Seagate ST1000LM024 Works N/A N/A 3.11
Sound Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller Works 8086:1e20 N/A 3.11
Ethernet Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet Works 1969:1091 N/A 3.11
Wi-Fi Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 Works N/A N/A 3.11
SD Card Reader JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller Works 197b:2391 N/A 3.11
Touchpad N/A Works N/A N/A 3.11
CD-ROM drive N/A Works N/A N/A 3.11
Webcam N/A Works N/A N/A 3.11
root #lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port [8086:0151] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1e16] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller [8086:1e59] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M / GTX 660M LE] [10de:0fd1] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e1b] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 [8086:4238] (rev 3e)
04:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2392] (rev 30)
04:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2391] (rev 30)
04:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2393] (rev 30)
04:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller [197b:2394] (rev 30)
root #lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 5986:0525 Acer, Inc 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c044 Logitech, Inc. LX3 Optical Mouse

Installation

Kernel

KERNEL Ethernet (kernel version 3.11)
--- Ethernet driver support                                              
       [*]   Atheros devices                                                    
       < >     Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet support                                 
       < >     Atheros/Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support                     
       < >     Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet support                             
       < >     Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet support                             
       <M>     Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x support                           
       [ ]   Broadcom devices
KERNEL Webcam (kernel version 3.11)
-> Device Drivers                                                  
         -> Multimedia support                               
           -> Media USB Adapters
      *** Webcam devices ***                                           
<M>   USB Video Class (UVC)                                            
[*]     UVC input events device support

Emerge

FILE /etc/portage/make.conf
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics evdev"

Configuration

Xorg

Touchpad

Tip
If the touchpad is too slow/fast, change the speed parameters.
FILE /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-touchpad.conf
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad"
        MatchProduct "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
        Driver "synaptics"
        # tweak the X-server pointer acceleration
        Option "AccelerationProfile" "2"
        Option "AdaptiveDeceleration" "16"
        Option "ConstantDeceleration" "16"
        Option "VelocityScale" "32"
EndSection
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