Casper CN-VLA2830A - ArchWiki

# Casper CN-VLA2830A

## Hardware Information

### lspci

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0e)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0e)
    00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0e)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0e)
    00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0e)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation ValleyView SMBus Controller (rev 0e)
    01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)
    RTL8723BE

### lsusb

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0745 Genesys Logic, Inc.
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

### Wired and Wireless Networking

Wired works out of the box.

Wireless works out of the box with kernel 4 and up, but It has issues. WiFi NIC is accessible with the removal of the entire under cover of laptop, replacing it is easy.

### Bluetooth

Works out of the box

### CPU

Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz

You can't shut the laptop down sometimes. A user reported there is need for a microcode to shutdown [1] and [2] . You can get the related microcode here: [3] but it does not fix the issue, it just makes it happen less often.

With Linux 4.3 (4.2?) and up, there is no shutdown issue.

### HDMI Out

There are issues with it while running Linux 4.4.

### TouchPad

Use Kernel 4 and up, and put this "i8042.kbdreset=1" in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT for touchpad to work after a restart. Bug here [4]

### Webcam

Works out of the box.

### Input Devices

    Input Devices
    Lid Switch
    Power Button
    Sleep Button
    Power Button
    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
    Video Bus
    ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad
    HDA Intel PCH Mic
    HDA Intel PCH Headphone
    HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm

### Storage

    TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-208DB
    ATA WDC WD5000LPVX-2
    Generic STORAGE DEVICE	#Card Reader

### RAM

Has Single Slot Maximum supported RAM 8GB

Elixir m2s4g64cc88b4n #4GB, Datasheet [5]

### Manufacturer

It is probably made by Lengda, since battery info says Lengda. Very similar to this [6] archive.is mirror

https://archive.is/kn0xn

## Software Information

It comes with Windows 8.1. Key embedded in bios. It is not "Bing Edition"

### BIOS

User can disable secure boot.

UEFI or Legacy mode. Legacy mode is not tested.

Tested with Ubuntu 14.04 for now.

### Battery

8.2V Design capacity 32.6 Wh

Category:

- Casper