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## Inspiron

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Inspiron 1420 | 2012-09 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | Untested |  |
Inspiron 1501 | 2007-05-17 (Arch Linux 2007.05 Duke) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Untested | Untested |  |
Inspiron 1520 | 2008-03-31 (Arch Linux 2008.03 Core Dump) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested |  |
Inspiron 1525 | 2008-06-24 (Arch Linux 2008.06 Overlord) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Untested | Untested |  | `Fn+Up/Down` (LCD brightness control) is OS independent.
Inspiron 1764 | 2011-08-19 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  | Fan control/monitoring is completely broken with i8kutilsAUR
Inspiron 14 3000 Series (Model 3420) | 2016-09-03 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Hibernate: Untested | – |  |
Inspiron 15 3000 Series (Model 3541) | 2016-01-01 | Untested | Untested | Untested | Untested | Untested | Yes* | – |  | *Need to disable early microcode loading
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Model 5547) | 2016-01-25 | AMD GPU: Untested | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | – | SD card reader: Untested |
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Model 5566) | 2020-09-24 | Yes* | Yes | Untested | Yes | Yes | Untested | – | SD card reader: Untested | *HDMI untested.
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Model 5559) | 2021-07-19 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  |
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7537) | 2016-06-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  | Volume up / down button needs some modifying to work all other buttons work with drivers that come with the kernel. ACPI battery is not detected on bootup and requires you to plug in and out the AC adapter.
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7570) | 2021-10-27 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  | USB-C DisplayPort alt-mode tested with a Dell P2721Q monitor. 65W of power, USB hub and Video delivered over USB-C work well. Rare issues with the monitor sometimes losing the video connection when switching users or logging out (on resolution changes). The power and USB keep working though.
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7548) | 2015-05 | Yes* | Untested | – | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – | SD card reader: Untested | *HDMI untested. If the kernel panics during bootup replace the 'keyboard'-hook with the specific module.
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7559) | 2016-08 | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  | *bumblebee with issue
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7566) | 2016-12 | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – |  | *HDMI hot-plug not working.
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7590) | 2020-02 | Yes | Partial* | – | Yes | Untested | Yes | – | Thunderbolt: Untested | *May need `snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0`. Cannot get microphone working.
Inspiron 13 7000 Series (7370) | 2017-12 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Partial* | – | Fingerprint reader is unsupported. | *Does not wake up after closing the screen lid. `Fn` Wireless toggle does not work
Inspiron M5030 | 2015-08-16 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Untested | – |  | i8kutilsAUR required for fan control
Inspiron Duo 1090 | 2014-10-01 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Untested | Hibernate: Untested | – |  |
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (model 5567) - Intel i5, no AMD | 2020-04-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  |
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (model 5575) | 2019-12-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Untested: HDMI SD card reader |
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (model 7586) | 2019-07-01 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – | Webcam: Untested | Fingerprint reader works with proprietary driver.
Inspiron 13 5000 Series (model 5391) | 2020-09 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  |
Inspiron 13 7000 Series (model 7348) | 2021 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – |  |
Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1 | 2022-05-05 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | No | Yes | – | Fingerprint reader: Untested |

## Latitude

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Latitude D620 | 2007-05-17 (Arch Linux 2007.05 Duke) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Untested | Untested: Smart card reader |
Latitude D820 | 2007-05-17 (Arch Linux 2007.05 Duke) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested |  |
Latitude D830 | 2007-08-01 (Arch Linux 0.9 Don't Panic) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested |  |
Latitude E5400 | 2021-11-11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | – | Bluetooth LED does not glow. |
Latitude 5490 | 2022-02 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested** | – | Random Screen flicker with i915 [drm] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun in kernel logs. Solved with `intel_idle.max_cstate=4` | *audio mute LED use `model=mute-led-gpio` **Kernel panic on suspend solved with `acpi_enforce_resources=lax i915.enable_dc=0`
Latitude E5500 | 2016-03-01 | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | Untested | Yes | Untested |  |
Latitude E5430 | 2016-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
Latitude E5540 | 2016-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  |
Latitude E5570 | 2017-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  | BIOS may report incorrect RAM size, OK on UEFI.
Latitude E5580 | 2018-07-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
Latitude E5401 | 2019-10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – | Untested: Webcam Thunderbolt | Poor thermal design (i7 i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz)
Latitude E6230 | 2018-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Hibernate: Untested | – | RFID reader requires enabling RFID radio Touchpad (alps a10) shaky |
Latitude E6410 | 2018-06-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial* | – | Fingerprint Sensor not functioning, no drivers seem to exist | *Suspension on closing the lid not working right
Latitude E6410 (BIOS A16) | 2018-08-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – | SD card reader is unreliable. For advanced touchpad functionality see Touchpad Synaptics | EFISTUB bootmanager does not work for me, GRUB works.
Latitude E6420 | 2011-08-19 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | – |  |
Latitude E6430 | 2018-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Hibernate: Untested | Untested | Untested: SD card reader smart card reader | Touchpad shaky
Latitude E6530 | 2014-10-01 | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested |  | *If Optimus is enabled, output is VGA only, otherwise HDMI works when NVIDIA GPU is disabled in BIOS.
Latitude E7270 | 2017-01-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes* | – |  | *After UEFI update High suspend usage with power share port active
Latitude 7370 | 2019-05-11 | Yes | Untested | – | Untested | Untested | Untested | – |  |
Latitude 7390 ( 2-in-1 ) | 2019-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested |  |
Latitude E7440 | 2019-05-11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested |  |
Latitude E7450 | 2016-03-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Partial* | No | Synaptics touchpad + stick. | *Hibernate does not work
Latitude E7470 | 2017-01-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernate: Untested | – |  | Buggy UEFI : impossible to pass kernel parameters via efibootmgr, nor shell bcfg, nor the built-in gui.
Latitude 3500 | 2020-10-28 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Fingerprint reader works with proprietary driver. | See linked article for more details
Latitude 5580 | 2017-11-06 (±) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | – |  | *Needs BIOS update with fwupd) to avoid occasional black screen when resuming
Latitude 7420 | 2020-10 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Untested |  | *See: https://github.com/intel/thermal_daemon/issues/341
Latitude 7480 | 2019-11-07 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | No: IR Webcam Fingerprint reader |
Latitude 7490 | 2019-05-11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  |
Latitude 5511 | 2020-10 | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | Untested | Untested | Untested |  | Fix freezes with `nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0`
Latitude 3420 | 2022-02-04 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  |

## Precision

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Precision M4800 | 2014-04-01 | Yes* | Untested | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – | *`nomodeset` is required to boot.
Precision M6700 | 2017-01-01 | Yes | HDMI audio: Untested | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | – | Occasional GPU freezes with "GPU has fallen off the bus" errors since kernel 4.14.15-1 and NVIDIA 387.34
Precision 7710 | 2017-11-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | HDMI audio: Untested | Untested | Hibernation: Untested | – | Suspend works if no BIOS hard drive password. `xcalib -a -i` is very slow
Precision 7710 | 2016-11-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | HDMI audio: Untested | Untested | Yes | – | kernel≥5.12.9 or nvidia≥465.24.02-5 causes no display to be seen after X launches. DFP-2 shows as disconnected.
Precision 5510 | 2020-04-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernation: Untested | – | Essentially the same device as the Dell XPS 15 9550
Precision 3530 | 2020-07-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernation: Untested | – | You need to disable early microcode loading. Upgrade Thunderbolt controller to latest firmware from Windows and optionally disable Thunderbolt security within the BIOS (e.g. for TB16 docking station).
Precision 5520 | 2018-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hibernation: Untested | – |  |
Precision 5530 | 2018-06-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Hibernation: Untested | – | *Needs occasional driver reloads with `modprobe btusb`. Need to change sleep state as per Dell XPS 15 9570.

## Studio

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Studio 1749 | 2013-01-04 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | – | Hibernate: Untested | – |  | *Add `options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=dell-m6-dmic` to `/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf`
Studio XPS M1640 | 2009-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |

## Vostro

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Vostro 1710 | 2018-11-26 | Untested | Untested | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  |
Vostro 5481 | 2019-11-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
Vostro 3583 | 2019-12-21 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  | Reload `ath10k_pci` after resuming from sleep if WiFi stops working
Vostro 3560 | 2020-02-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
Vostro 5590 | 2021-01-23 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | – |  |
Vostro 7500 | 2020-10-16 | Yes | Yes* | – | Yes | – | Untested | – | No: Finger print scanner | UEFI does not pass kernel parameters on boot

## XPS

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
XPS L322 | 2013-03 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Untested | Yes | – | ALPS Touchpad recognized only as PS/2 mouse, two-finger scroll, finger tap-to-click, etc... does not work.
XPS M1330 | 2021-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | – |  | *acpi_cpufreq see: forums
XPS 13 (9333) | 2016-16-16 | Untested | Untested | – | Untested | Untested | Untested | – |  |
XPS 13 (9310) | 2016-16-16 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 (9343) | 2016-16-16 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 (9350) | 2016-11-16 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  | Apply firmware updates
XPS 13 (9360) | 2016-11-16 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 (9370) | 2018-05-29 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 (9380) | 2019 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 2-in-1 (9365) | 2017-10-22 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 13 (7390) | 2019-12-21 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Untested: Fingerprint sensor |
XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) | 2019-09-01 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | No: Camera, Fingerprint Sensor | System freezes on boot. See device page for fix.
XPS 15 | 2016-11-17 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |
XPS 17 (9700) | 2020-09-18 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |  |

## G3

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
G3 15 3590 | 2020-19-10 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | CUDA is not working with Linux 5.9 | Works well with optimus-manager-gitAUR, follow their page on power management.

## G5

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
G5 5590-9340 | 2020-08-20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | No: Fingerprint reader* | *drivers might be extracted from Ubuntu image of this laptop

## G15

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
G15 5515 AMD EDITION | 2022-02-12 | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | Untested | Yes | – |  | Touchpad disables randomly on boot, create
    /etc/modprobe.d/i2c-touchpad.conf
    softdep i2c_hid pre: pinctrl_amd
G15 5511 | 2022-04-11 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | – |  | *needs kernel parameter: `snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0`

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