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Translations: [:DebianEeePCDutch/Modelen:Nederlands]

Eee PC Models

Many pages on this wiki were written when only the earliest models were available. We will update those pages to include details for other models as needed. For example, our ["../HowTo/Install"] should cover all models for which the installer has support. The following pages should not be used to avoid updating those pages or filing appropriate bugs with model-specific usertags (see ["../Bugs/About"]), but instead should summarize the status of work on model-specific issues. In time, we should scrub away as many of these differences as possible by letting the software do all of the work.

  • ["../Model/701"] and related models (2G surf, 4G surf, 4G, 8G)
  • ["../Model/701SD"]
  • ["../Model/900"]
  • ["../Model/900A"]
  • ["../Model/901"] and related models (1000, 1000H)
  • ["../Model/901GO"]
  • ["../Model/904HD"]
  • ["../Model/1000HD"]
  • ["../Model/1002HA"]

If your exact model is not listed here, see [http://event.asus.com/eeepc/comparison/eeepc_comparison.htm] for a more complete table from Asus. In general when you see 802.11b/g/n on the Asus site it is Ralink, whereas 802.11b/g is Atheros (except 701SD uses Realtek rtl8187se instead, 1002HA uses Atheros AR928X).

Unsupported models

Asus releases so many models in short time that it is difficult to catch up with supporting them. As Asus does not care if the hardware is well supported by free drivers this task can become very difficult. So we decided not to support the Eee Box line. This model is more like a conventional PC. Coincidentally for the current generation of Eee Box, the debian-eeepc.img installer works because it includes rt2860. Just don't count on this for future models.

Differences between models

Hardware differences

This table aims to compile the different hardware drivers and issues known to the different models. Latest models may have hardware elements in common with any other model, so this table may be a start point for troubleshooting issues with new models.

Hardware differences that are totally transparent to the system (processor type or amount of RAM) won't be displayed here.

701

900

900A

1000HD

901GO

901/1000/1000H

904HD

701SD

1002HA

Ethernet

atl2

atl1e

atl2

atl1e

WLAN

Atheros (madwifi as ath0)

Ralink (rt2860 as ra0)

Atheros

Realtek (rtl8187se as wlan0)

Atheros AR928X (ath9k as wlan0)

Bluetooth

No

Yes

No

Yes

Four silver hotkeys

No

Yes

No

Only two

Front microphone issue

No

[:../HowTo/Sound#head-f5b49fb9b61ae2eeac98147c59ddfb91d525ccb4:Yes]

???

[:../HowTo/Sound#head-f5b49fb9b61ae2eeac98147c59ddfb91d525ccb4:Yes]

???

Touchpad

Synaptics *1

6-byte synaptics *2

Elantech

6-byte synaptics

???

Elantech

6-byte synaptics

Elantech

Note 1: The 2g Surf (700) has an Elantech touchpad

Note 2: The 900 needs CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH to be set in kernel config.

ACPI differences

This table aims to compile the differences that the eeepc_laptop (or eeepc_acpi) module sees between models. When the kernel module is loaded, it sends an ACPI command that probes the capabilities ("control methods supported") of the eeepc it is running on. This can be seen by running "dmesg | grep eee".

Model

BIOS version

Control methods supported

701

801

0x101711

701SD

303

900

601, 704

901

1101, 1603, 1703

0x101713

900A

0306, 0703

0x181711

1002HA

0205

0x101713

The meaning of those control methods bitmaps can be better understood looking at the CM_ASL_* constants in the source code of the eeepc_laptop / eeepc_acpi kernel module. From right to left, the bits mean "wlan, bluetooth, irda, 1394 (firewire); webcam, tv (tuner?), gps, dvdrom; displayswitch, panel brightness, bios flash, acpi flash; CPU FV, CPU temp, CPU fan, chassis fan; USB 1, USB 2, USB 3, modem; cardreader, lid". There are ACPI commands for toggling the 3G modem on and off, but no correspondence to any control method bit (as of yet).

These control methods control if the control files (i.e. /proc/acpi/asus/*) are created or not.

It is currently unknown if applying user hardware hacks (i.e. bluetooth on the 900, 3G modem on the 901) affects the control methods. If so, it would mean that the BIOS is quite smart when it comes to autodetecting new specific hardware.