ASUS K55VD
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| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| Webcam | Yes | |
| Microphone | Yes | |
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Keyboard | Yes | |
| GPU (intel) | 8086:0166 |
Yes |
| GPU (nvidia) | 10de:1058 |
No |
| Ethernet | 10ec:8168 |
Untested |
| Audio | 8086:1e20 |
Yes |
| Wireless | 168c:0032 |
Yes |
| Express Card Reader | 10ec:5289 |
Untested |
Installation
By default, MTRR size is not set correctly and MDS bug is present. To set the MTRR size correctly and avoid memory loss, add enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1 mtrr_gran_size=32M mtrr_chunk_size=128M to your kernel parameters. And to mitigate MDS, add mds=full,nosmt to kernel parameters. nosmt option disables simultaneous multithreading so if the performance decrease is too much, add mds=full instead.
Firmware
BIOS update
BIOS updates are only done manually:
- Download the latest BIOS image
- Plug a USB drive and format it to FAT32
- Find the USB drive's name with
fdisk -l - Install dosfstools
- Format the USB drive to FAT32
- Find the USB drive's name with
- Copy
K55VDAS.xxxfile to the USB drive - Restart the PC and open BIOS with
F2 - Get to the Advanced menu
- Select Start Easy Flash
- Select the
K55VDAS.xxxwith arrow keys and enter.
UEFI Shell
Few ASUS laptops (and also K55VD) provide an option called Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device. It's not accessible by default but can be accessible by following the given instructions at Unified Extensible Firmware Interface#Launching UEFI Shell
Function keys
| Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
Fn+F1 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86Sleep
|
Fn+F2 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86RFKill
|
Fn+F3 |
Yes | No |
XF86Mail
|
Fn+F4 |
Yes | No |
XF86WWW
|
Fn+F5 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessDown
|
Fn+F6 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessUp
|
Fn+F7 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86ScreenSaver
|
Fn+F8 |
Practically3 | Yes |
Super+P
|
Fn+F9 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86TouchpadToggle
|
Fn+F10 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioMute
|
Fn+F11 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioLowerVolume
|
Fn+F12 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
|
Fn+T |
Yes | No |
XF86Phone
|
Fn+C |
Yes | Yes |
XF86Launch1
|
Fn+V |
Yes | Yes |
XF86WebCam
|
Fn+NumPadReturn |
Yes | Yes |
XF86Calculator
|
- The key is visible to
xevand similar tools. - The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
- Redirects to
Super + Pfor some reason.