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# Dell XPS 17 (9720)

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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU (Intel) | `8086:46a6` | Yes
GPU (NVIDIA) | `10de:25a2` | Yes
Wireless | `8086:51f0` | Yes
Bluetooth |  | Yes
Audio | `8086:51c8` | Yes
Touchpad |  | Partial
Webcam |  | Untested
USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 |  | Yes
Fingerprint sensor |  | Untested
SD Card Reader | `10ec:5260` | Untested

## Installation

Before installing it is necessary to modify some UEFI Settings. They can be accessed with `F2` when booting.

- Change the SATA Mode from the default "RAID" to "AHCI". This will allow Linux to detect the NVME SSD.
- Disable Secure Boot. This may be re-enabled at a later point. See Using a signed bootloader

## Dual boot

Please note that changing from "RAID" to "AHCI" can break the default Windows installation and require a complete reinstall. Usually running windows own startup repair utility however fixes this issue in most cases. Another alternative is to follow this guide.

The reinstall can be done through the Dell recovery in the UEFI if needed.

Once you used the startup repair utility or have reinstalled, Windows should boot normally in AHCI mode and without error. Then one can proceed with typical dual boot setup.

## Thunderbolt

The following thunderbolt devices have been tested:

Device | Status | Comments
--- | --- | ---
Dell WD22TB4 | Working | -
Dell WD19DC | Working | -

## Audio

See Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#ALSA firmware: sof-firmware is required, and allows full functionality.

## Touchpad sluggish/sticky

As in previous XPS 17 iterations, some users may find the touchpad is sluggish or sticky occasionally. Previous tracking bug https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/618 but it is not root-caused yet.

## Keyboard and Touchpad unresponsive issues on Wayland

The keyboard and touchpad do work usually, but if you are running Wayland you may get a completely non working touchpad + keyboard. This is an issue with a signal meant to signalize the switch to tablet mode for convertible or 2in1 laptops. A fix will land in kernel soon, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/662. For fixing this issue see custom kernel with XPS fixes.

## Power Management

Hibernation: see Hibernation for kernel parameters & initramfs configuration.

S3 Sleep: untested

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