HP-G62

[vinnywright]

Just wanted to say how well 11.04 64 bit. seams to be working for me on this brand new HP-G62 and HP-2311x 23" wide screen

it has a Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz

4Gig's of RAM

HDMI out, 3 USB ports, multi card reader and DVD combo drive

lspci looks like this

vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 5390
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$

Originally I was going to leave Windows 7 home professional on it and duel boot but the way it came all 4 primary partitions were used .......like this

GNU Parted 2.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print all
Model: ATA WDC WD5000BEVT-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 210MB 209MB primary ntfs boot
2 210MB 480GB 479GB primary ntfs
3 480GB 500GB 20.5GB primary ntfs
4 500GB 500GB 108MB primary fat32 lba

1=system
2=os
3=recovery
4=HP-tools

So sense I got a recovery DVD set with it (at a price) I sead what the h311 I'll just go on with it.

Started by cutting up the disk like so

vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$ sudo parted
[sudo] password for vinny:
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print all
Model: ATA WDC WD5000BEVT-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 4195MB 4195MB primary linux-swap(v1)
2 4195MB 26.0GB 21.8GB primary ext4 boot
3 26.0GB 237GB 210GB primary ext4
4 237GB 500GB 264GB extended
5 237GB 268GB 31.6GB logical ext4
6 268GB 300GB 32.0GB logical ext4
7 300GB 500GB 200GB logical ext4


(parted)

1=swap
2=/
3=/home
5=partition for test installs
6=partition for test installs
7=storage

then ran the install from a USB with Kubuntu-11.04-64 bit loaded on it; with the start up disk creator on a Kubuntu 10.04 cd.
Wile hardwired to the net

did all the updates and ........... O ya the wireless nead's a driver .............. this turned out to prity painless however.

installed "build-essential" and followed post #58 hear...... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1779005&page=6

as soon as I modprobed it in....... it sprang to life .....clicked the networkmanager icon clicked my network interd my WPA2 passkey ........and good to go 8)

now let's see about that HP-2311x 23" wide screen plug it in go to Kickoff>system settings>display click the dropdown box for HDMI1 size (is saying disabled at the moment) and click 1920X1080 position above ..........and check it out...........

[img width=400 height=225]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/vinnywright/G62/vlcsnap-2011-08-16-16h16m55s117.png[/img]

and the 3D cube spanning the 2 screens

[img width=400 height=225]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/vinnywright/G62/vlcsnap-2011-08-16-16h15m41s158.png[/img]

I'm in geek heaven 8)


so far so good it's running beautifully and I am a happy n00b with geek potential LMFAO

☢VINNY☢

[GreyGeek]

Re: HP-G62

Did a search on HP-G62 and found too many models to narrow down the search to the one you have. Can you supply the rest of the model number? I'm guessing it is the 373DX

I may be in the market for a new laptop/notebook...

[vinnywright]

Re: HP-G62

Did a search on HP-G62 and found too many models to narrow down the search to the one you have. Can you supply the rest of the model number? I'm guessing it is the 373DX

I may be in the market for a new laptop/notebook...

Model # G62x-400
product # LD642AV



well just tested suspend to ram and resume ...........works like it should

VINNY

EDDIT: 1 caveat with the multiple screens however is that you must boot with the HDMI unplugged and then attach and adjust after Kubuntu is up ......if you leave it plugged in during boot every thing gets garbled ...... but thats not to difficult to remember