HP Compaq Presario CQ40-337TU on Ubuntu 9.04
On computer exhibition in Jakarta (Pekan Raya Jakarta 2009), about 5 days ago (23 June 2009), I was buying a notebook. I buy a CQ series of HP-Compaq, the Presario CQ40-337TU exactly. I choose this type because it’s have a balance between the price (540$) and the quality (HP-COMPACT).
I have a plan to install dual OS (XP and Linux) on it. But, I’m facing some problem. When installing XP, the installer can not found my HDD device ( I think it’s using the AHCI mode). I check my driver CD, and it’s only provide driver for VISTA. The official site also didn’t provide the driver for XP.
This is the detailed notebook spesification
| Processor | Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T4200 (2 GHz, FSB 800, Cache 1 MB) | |
| Chipset | Intel 40GL | |
| Memory | 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM (upgrade to 3GB) | |
| Video | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M 285 MB (shared) | |
| Display | 14.1″ WXGA TFT BrightView Technology |
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| Speakers | Integrated Altec Lansing | |
| Hard Drive | 250 GB Serial ATA 5400 RPM | |
| Networking | Network Speed 10 / 100 Mbps Wireless Network Protocol IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g |
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| Device | 3x USB 2.0, VGA, Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, MS Pro Duo), and Webcamera. | |
| Optical Drive | DVD±RW, LightScribe |
There is an option to put the AHCI driver into installer CD using the NLite system. But I think, this is the right moment for me to fully move from closed source system to open source system (that’s what I call share). Anyway, it’s hard enough to find exact driver for my laptop if I use MS XP. Using VISTA on it? I think it’s a bad idea using a VISTA system on 1GB memory.
I prefers using a Linux as my operating system, instead of VISTA 
. For the distro, I prefers to use the RPM based because I know a little bit command on RedHat 9. I’m familiar with PCLinuxOS 2007 (another RPM based), and I’ve tried the Mandriva 2008. For the desktop manager, I prefers KDE ( I love the dragon ).
Suddenly I remember that the Ubuntu Ship-it was delivering an Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” CD to me. Well, it’s time for me to give it a try. I put the CD, boot it, and enjoy the desktop live CD system running. Seems everything works fine. The desktop effect running well, network device connected (wire and wireless works fine), and the webcam just work fine using cheese.
The only one big problem is… I can’t hear any sound. We can not do some presentasion if the sound wasn’t present. The sound can hear only with the headset plug in. But the sound still not good. It’s constantly delaying and play fast.
I’m changing the Pulse Audio driver, and back to ALSA driver. I also adding this two parameter into alsa-base.conf
1 2 | options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4 enable=1 index=0 options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 |
and everything works fine. The sound was out from both device, the laptop speaker and the headset.
Sunday 28 June 2009 6:45 am (on
nyarinya driver xpnya jgn type yg sama bro,
cari aja versi yg mirip2 angka depannya
ky gw kan make CQ2030L (gw tulis di blog gw), nah gw nyari2 gada driver XPnya tp pas gw ngulik2 search sendiri, mulainya dr buka hp.com taunya ada driver di versi CQ2000, cari aja dr keyword presarionya, trus cek deh spec2nya mirip2 ga? slama chipset mobonya sama biasanya dpt smuanya sound sampe lan card.
biasanya tipe2 yg ada disini tuh khusus tuk peredaran indonesia, dan microsoft ngepush pc brand make vista , ga disediain driver XP soalnya gada hukum disini yg harus nyediain driver utk driver XP. klo diluar biasanya ada hukumnya harus ada driver XP makanya disediain.
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uchan Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 am
Tetep di linux aja bro, enak banget soalnya
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Sunday 28 June 2009 11:16 am (on
wah sebenarnya saya agak gak mudeng sama bahasa inggris mas.. tapi ya tahu lah maksudnya.. hihihi..
iya mas.. memang enak kalo dibuat Dual OS….
salam kenal ae wes..
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Sunday 28 June 2009 3:15 pm (on
uooohhhhhh !!!
nggak ngerti bahasa inggrisnya …
hehehe …
tapi yang penting isinya tentang laptop //.
hehehe …
nice info sob …
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Monday 29 June 2009 9:41 am (on
kayaknya siy keren bgt, tapi mengerti sepotong2 ha ha ha
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Tuesday 30 June 2009 6:52 am (on
kesasar disini dan bingung mau komen apa
hehehe
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uchan Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 am
Makasih dah mau mampir
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Wednesday 1 July 2009 8:48 am (on
wah keren tuh laptopnya
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uchan Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 am
Versi murah meriah bro
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Wednesday 1 July 2009 12:35 pm (on
pakai ubuntu memang nyaman mas. saya juga pakai ubuntu
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uchan Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 am
Akhirnya saya pake variannya, Mint Linux
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Wednesday 1 July 2009 12:40 pm (on
Spesifikasinya manteb apalagi hardisknya gede amir
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Friday 3 July 2009 7:01 pm (on
yoi mantep amir tapi memorinya kecil amat cuma 1 giga doank…
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uchan Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Dah diupgred jadi 3gb
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Monday 6 July 2009 7:35 am (on
Wah, aku juga pake laptop yang sama CQ40-337TU. dan udah aku coba install ubuntu 9.04, selain dari SUARA-nya emang lancar dan bagus. Hmm, baru tau kalo bisa dibikin suaranya nongol. hehe.. Nah, terus aku ganti pake Fedora 11 Leonidas, hm… semuanya jalan lancaarrrrrrr!!!! gak ada yang error.. Tapi sayang pas pake gnome, si gnome-power-manager bertingkah aneh2 tuh… Kabel AC di colokin icon nya bener, pas aku cabut, e.. ee… masih dianggap pake kabel AC, terus pas aku colokin lagi, iconnya masih nganggap pake batere. Kacaw. padahal aku suka banget pake linux. Ada solusi?????
Linux is My Life…..Free, Fast, and Secure.
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uchan Reply:
July 6th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Kurang paham juga bro. Saya juga baru2 ini ngulik linuk lagi …
Btw kenapa pindah ke fedora bro?
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dedy Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 2:04 am
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Tuesday 21 July 2009 4:36 pm (on
matur thank Q review-laptopnya.
seminggu ini kulihat iklan di koran koq sangat menggiurkan.
laptop ini di bandrol dengan harga Rp. 4.999.999,..
bisa nyicil lagi via adira, tentu saja membuatku ngiler.
Dan sampelah daku kesini. pingin tahu performanya di linux.
karena tentusaja akan kupasang linux. tapi sebelomnya akan ku upgrade ramnya mjd 2GB. mungkin akan di pasang virtualbox di atasnya. dan di dalem virtual box itu di pasang minix (nyicipi simbahnya linux) dan berabagai OS yang ingin ku trial.
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uchan Reply:
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 am
ditunggu reviewnya Mas. Pengen tau juga kalo pake racikan distro lain jadi kayak gimana, terutama performa batrenya.
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Monday 24 August 2009 10:49 pm (on
klo bwt CQ40-419TX gmn bro…? Coz g detek sounds ma webcam
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Thursday 27 August 2009 6:01 am (on
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Sunday 1 November 2009 4:32 pm (on
Wah! Merupakan berita yang menggembirakan nich!
Karena CQ40 saya itu yang 328TU. Harusnya sama dengan 337TU.
Tapi saya masih bingung dengan apa yang anda katakan:
“I’m changing the Pulse Audio driver … the laptop speaker and the headset”.
Maklum saya masih awam dengan Ubuntu ini. Baru pertama kali nyoba sich! Bisa memberikan penjelasan yang lebih detail?
Tolong donk! Please …………………………
Via e-mail juga boleh koq
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uchan Reply:
November 1st, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Coba cari aja file “alsa-base.conf” dari nautilus. Edit file-nya dengan menambahkan parameter di atas. Good luck
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