ASUS B9450CEA
| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | 8086:9a49 |
Yes |
| Ethernet (via mHDMI adapter) | 8086:15fc |
Yes |
| Wireless | 8086:a0f0 |
Yes |
| Bluetooth | 8087:0026 |
Yes |
| Touchpad | 04f3:3134 |
Yes |
| Webcam HD/IR | 13d3:56eb |
Yes |
| Speakers | 8086:a0c8 |
Yes |
| Microphone | 8086:a0c8 |
Yes |
| Keyboard backlight | - |
Yes |
| TPM (2.0) | unknown |
Untested |
| Fingerprint reader | unknown |
Untested |
This article applies to B9450CEA-XH75 (16G RAM/1TB SSD) and B9450CEA-XH77 (32G RAM/2TB SSD).
Summary
The 2nd generation of ASUS B9450 with 11th Gen Intel CPU with Intel Xe graphics.
Models are B9450CEA-* compared to B9450FA-* of the 1st generation.
BIOS
To boot from a USB stick, you may have to turn off Fast Boot and Secure Boot: How to boot the system from USB flash drive/CD-ROM.
vmd module enabled in your initram image wikipedia:Intel_Rapid_Storage_Technology#Intel_VROC_(Virtual_RAID_on_CPU).B9450CEA, in BIOS and on the official support page it's indicated as B9400CEA.dmidecode will also display Product Name as ASUS EXPERTBOOK B9400CEA_B9450CEA and BIOS Version as, e.g., B9400CEA.301.
Audio
This laptop requires firmware in order for the soundcard to work. See Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#ALSA firmware.
Suspend mode
By default the system supports Suspend-to-Idle mode, which has increased energy consumption during sleep state:
# cat /sys/power/mem_sleep [s2idle] deep
To fix that you might want to switch to S3 mode (also known as Suspend-to-RAM or deep) by appending mem_sleep_default=deep to kernel parameters.
Function keys
| Key | Visible? | Marked? | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
Fn+Esc |
No | Yes | Enables Fn lock |
Fn+F1 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioMute
|
Fn+F2 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioLowerVolume
|
Fn+F3 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
|
Fn+F4 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessDown
|
Fn+F5 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessUp
|
Fn+F6 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86TouchpadToggle
|
Fn+F7 |
No | Yes | Switches keyboard backlight |
Fn+F8 |
Yes | Yes |
p
|
Fn+F9 |
Yes | Yes |
l
|
Fn+F10 |
No | Yes | N/A |
Fn+F11 |
Yes | Yes |
S
|
Fn+F12 |
No | Yes | N/A |