Dell Precision 5540 / Qubes 4.2.0

User Support HCL Reports
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---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Dell Inc.
model: |
  Precision 5540
bios: |
  1.19.0
cpu: |
  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
cpu-short: |
  i7-9750H
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:3ec4] (rev 07)
chipset-short: |
  Intel Mobile CM246
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] [8086:3e9b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  Intel Mobile CM246 (unused: Nvidia Quadro T1000 Mobile)
network: |
  Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 [8086:2526] (rev 29)
memory: |
  65137
scsi: |

usb: |
  2
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'yes'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.0
    xen: |
      4.17.2
    kernel: |
      6.1.62-1
    remark: |
      no install issues, everything (audio, wifi, ...) seems to work fine out of the box, fans seem noisier / battery life not great
    credit: |
      Tomas Vondra
    link: |
      FIXLINK

After upgrading my regular workstation I upgraded my Precision 5540 laptop to Qubes 4.2.0 too. The install went perfectly smoothly, no problems whatsoever. And even now it seems to work at least as well as 4.1.2.

Remarks

I’ve been using the system for about a day, haven’t noticed anything broken - video (1920x1080) works fine, do does audio, etc. The one thing that might not be great is power management - the fans seem to be noisier and battery life weaker than e.g. on Ubuntu. But the laptop is ~3y old, which may impact battery life, and I use it exclusively with Qubes so hard to compare noise/battery life with other systems.

I’m not sure about suspend/resume - sometimes it’s as if the laptop had problems entering the sleep, and the fans keep running for a while. But I never had problems with wakeup from sleep.

Attachments

Qubes-HCL-Dell_Inc_-Precision_5540-20240103-203719.yml (1006 Bytes)

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Thanks for the HCL report. I just submitted a pull request to add it.

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Thank you for HCL report and additional information. Can you please also fill a detailed report based on this template:

Example of user providing the answers is here. The more information the better, it may be helpful to other users, thank you.

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