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# Dell G7 7700

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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU (Intel) |  | Yes
GPU (Nvidia) |  | Yes
Wireless |  | Yes
Bluetooth |  | Yes
Audio |  | Yes
Touchpad |  | Yes
Webcam |  | Yes
Card reader |  | Yes
Ethernet |  | Yes
Fingerprint |  | No

This page describes Dell G7 7700 laptop.

## Installation

- Disable RAID and switch to AHCI in UEFI (System Configuration → SATA Operation → AHCI).
- Disable Secure Boot to be able to install the sytem (Secure Boot → Secure Boot Enable → Disable).
- Install Arch Linux as usual using UEFI installation method.

## Firmware

fwupd is not tested with this laptop, but you can format USB drive using FAT32 filesystem and put BIOS update executable on it. Reboot, start boot menu (using `F12`) and select "BIOS Flash Update" menu entry as explained in the Dell support article.

## Keyboard

### Control keyboard backlight

Only ON or OFF (no intensity value). See Keyboard backlight.

### RGB backlight

Alienware component not recognized by alienFX. Default BIOS configuration only.

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