Dell Inspiron B120 / B130

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Dell Inspiron B120 / B130

[edit] Hardware

14 inch display @ 1280x800 (B120)
15.4 inch display @ 1280x800 (B130)
Intel Pentium M processor
Intel 915GM chipset (ICH6)
Up to 2 GB RAM  	
Intel GMA 900
Synaptics touchpad
hard drive
DVD-ROM / CD-RW combo optical drive
Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG or Dell Wireless 1470 wifi
Conexant HDA D110 modem
Intel High Definition Audio with SigmaTel STAC9200 codec
USB 2.0
ExpressCard slot

[edit] Hardware Status Overview

	Device	Working	Driver	Troubleshooting
Processor	Processor
Drives and Storage	Hard Drive		ata_piix
	Optical Drive		ata_piix
USB	USB		uhci, ehci
Graphics	Intel		i915, intel
Input Devices	Keyboard		keyboard
	Touchpad		synaptics
	Functions Keys
Networking	Ethernet		b44
	WLAN: Intel		ipw2200
	WLAN: Dell		b43, ndiswrapper
	Modem	unknown	hsfmodem
Sound	Sound		snd-hda-intel	See below
Other	ExpressCard		pciehp
	Hardware Sensors	unknown	i8k
	Suspend to RAM	unknown
	Suspend to Disk	unknown

[edit] Dell Laptop guides

Dell specific laptop guides:

• Dell Function Keys
• Dell Hardware Sensors
• Dell BIOS Upgrade
• Dell Utility / System Restore / MediaDirect
• Dell Docking Station

[edit] Generic Laptop guides

Some generic laptop guides:

• ACPI
• Power Management

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] Sound

[edit] Sound

To prevent from getting a crackling noise, reported by some people, you have to:

• If you build the Intel HD Audio driver into the kernel, append snd-hda-intel.position_fix=1 to the kernel line of your boot manger config, e.g. /boot/grub/grub.conf:

 kernel other_kernel_options snd-hda-intel.position_fix=1
 

• If you build the Intel HD Audio driver as modules, add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel:

 options snd_hda_intel position_fix=1
 

Afterwards run update-modules.