2023 618 Bought a Mechanical Revolution Notebook but was unhappy

Original link: https://hellodk.cn/post/1132

foreword

I have the following computers

An “out of print” 16-inch Intel MacBook Pro purchased in 2019
A self-assembled intel i3-10105f + Nvidia GTX1063 + 32GB RAM desktop
A mechanical revolution titanium tantalum PLUS for work, intel i7-11800H+ Nvidia RTX3060 + 64GB RAM

Of course, the third computer above is a fixed asset of the company, not paid for by the individual.

I have several other pieces of hardware, but they are all used as router or server, such as

Two N1s (actually three, two at home, one at the company, and one at home is eating ashes)
Two self-organized x86_64 hosts, N3150 as soft router, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1265L v3 @ 2.50GHz as pve, virtual debian 11 as server

I usually use Windows to develop, but I feel that Docker Desktop for Windows is very difficult to use, so I really want to switch to Linux DE for development and use native Docker, because docker on mac is also a virtual machine. So when 618 was approaching, I made some observations, and finally found that无界14Pro , equipped with intel i7-12650H , which will be launched on the day of 618 with a new mold, was very exciting, so I made an appointment and finally grabbed it. There is this article later.

The initial price is 3799, and it will be out of stock within a few minutes after grabbing it. The price returned to 4299 the next day, and I was still complacent at the time.

Arrival unpacking

Excited to pick up the goods -> unboxing.

After opening the box, I briefly admired the appearance of the new mold, and the admiration is still good. I would like to give Jige a thumbs up .

Ready to install Linux

I directly made the boot disk of Linux Mint 21.1, ready to install Linux Mint 21.1.

Then the sad things came one by one. I don’t plan to use the built-in Windows system, it seems to be Windows 11. When installing LM, I directly erased the built-in 1TB SSD and then installed it freshly, so after restarting after installation, there is no Windows Boot Manager in the boot item.

After installing it, I found that the wireless network card cannot be driven anyway. I searched + tried many solutions, but failed to solve it.

I thought to myself that the hardware was too new, but it was difficult to find a breakthrough for a specific solution.

Known issue links found by Linux Mint search

 Network: Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Bigfoot Networks driver: N/A port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:51f0 IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>

Look, driver: n/a （not available） is difficult.

Known issue links searched by Manjaro

Manjaro not detecting WiFi adapter Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01) https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-not-detecting-wifi-adaptor-intel-corporation-alder-lake-p- pch-cnvi-wifi-rev-01/125317

Known issue links found in the Intel community search

Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi | Interface does not show up | kernel error https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Alder-Lake-P-PCH-CNVi-WiFi-Interface-does-not-show- up-kernel/td-p/1370363

my attempt

Installed the latest linux-generic-hwe-22.04-edge package, which already includes the latest unstable driver, but it still hasn’t been resolved. Reference: Solution to unavailable WiFi after Linux Mint system installation https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/129292484 . After installation, the kernel version is 5.19 , originally 5.15
Disable Secure Boot in bios. Press F2 to enter the bios after booting the mechanical revolution, but there is no entry to modify the secure boot. Only when entering these Linux systems, there is a UEFU Settings option, which can modify the status of the secure boot
Because I still have a little prejudice against the rpm distro, I don’t want to use it, so I only tried debian, ubuntu, LM, deepin, and found that none of them can drive the wireless network card.

In desperation, I decided to install win11 back, but it actually reminded me that this computer does not support win11… , this should not be, it may be a configuration problem, on the bios.

In the end, I installed win10 back and used the official driver to drive the wireless network card. The official website driver support page http://www.mechrevo.com/service/

After installing win10, I found a lot of yellow exclamation marks in the device manager. After reading the driver support page, all the drivers were released on 2023-06-18, so it’s no wonder there are exclamation marks. After solving the wireless network card, I found that the model is Intel Wifi 6 AX101 , so I finally got more clues – I bought an older wireless network card AX200, which is the wireless network card released by Intel in Q2 of 2019, and it is now in 2023 , Presumably the kernel supported it a few years ago, and the release version in the last one or two years has been upgraded to the kernel that supports this network card.

In this part, I made a post, thanks to all V friends for their help, I bought a new laptop to install Linux but the wireless network card cannot be driven, please help

So I bought the AX200 and waited for the delivery.

After the wireless network card arrives, the sound problem is difficult to solve

It was really a toss. After the wireless network card arrived, I was sweating profusely when I disassembled the machine. Since I lost the previous plastic thin warp pieces, and there are simple suction cups (the kind given by the seller who bought the mobile phone battery), I only have the Nanqi S2 disassembly tool, but the new mold is really tight when dismantling and dismantling. Tight, D shell hard. Although the D-shell was successfully removed in the end, the screwdriver left some scratches and even a little damage between the D-shell and the main body of the machine.

Removed the original AX101, replaced it with AX200, and installed the idle zhitai TIPLUS 7100 2TB ssd. Then try to install LM21.1 again.

Very good, this time the wireless network card was directly driven, and I enjoyed the refreshing feeling brought by the Linux Terminal for a while (as for why you say so, you can browse the unixporn section of reddit, ), found that the sound was hard to drive…

No more fuss, I decided to use a newer distribution. After careful consideration, I downloaded the deepin V23 Beta (Unstable) (May 16, 2023) introduced by https://www.deepin.org/zh/deepin-os-deepin-v23-beta-is-officially-released/ published on the date).

Under win, use Rufus to burn the image downloaded from the official website of deepin. This is a hybrid image, which needs to be burned in DD mode, not ISO mode, otherwise the BIOS will not recognize the disk (the new version of rufus should not be able to write) .

After installing deepin v23, I saw that the kernel is already 6.1.1 . After a brief configuration, I found several serious problems.

Unable to connect to 4k monitor using built-in HDMI port of laptop
Using a type-c docking station + HDMI to connect to a 4k monitor is successfully displayed, but the refresh rate can only be up to 30Hz, so there will be obvious and visible lag when operating the computer on the 4k monitor
The sound cannot be output, and the sound input and output drop-down lists are all empty, which means that the microphone cannot be used either!

After some fiddling, the sound came out, but the microphone Always does not work.

The sound card is ALC256 . I searched and found that some people used this sound card to successfully drive the black apple in 20 years. If I insist on tossing, the deepin in my hand can also drive successfully, but now obviously, I lost this The drive to “pursue perfection”. But I remember that in 2017, I spent two days and three nights successfully blacking out a classmate’s ThinkPad E480 (it seems to be this model). Don’t mention how excited I was at that time…

In addition, I tried two earphones, one for earpods and one for ordinary Earpods 3.5mm. Even if the earphones are connected externally, the earphones cannot be used as output and input, so the problem of the microphone is still not resolved. I need to use Tencent Conference for my work. Although under deepin, Tencent Conference based on wine can already be used, but it cannot meet the work requirements if the sound problem is not solved. The camera does work fine.

So far, it’s already two o’clock in the morning, and I’m tired… I feel that this computer is a bad buy,

In fact, on June 21, 2023, I hung my computer on Xianyu, and applied for after-sales service (return) from JD.com. No one cares about Xianyu, and JD.com can only send people to collect computers after 9:00 am on the day of the 22nd (that is, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival). I was very busy that day. For some reason, I went to Hefei that night. I originally planned to leave in the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, so I had to cancel the after-sales service order on Jingdong in advance. Instead, I bought an AX200 network card, hoping that I can use Linux for development beautifully, but I am helpless, but who knows…

Summarize

The purchase of this computer was a failure. The most suitable system for it is still Windows. I have to feel the power of the win ecology. In fact, the quality of this notebook is very good in all aspects, except that it is not AMD 7480HS, it is installed with win for daily use, and the development is quite good, but I do not lack computers, so I will think about how to deal with this computer in the next few days.

At two o’clock in the morning, I poweroff off the computer, and typed a few words on the macbook pro with an external 4k monitor. The silky smooth experience taught me to be a human being. I suddenly felt: the system used as the Desktop Environment, Win and Mac That’s the kingly way… Why can’t I use Linux DE!

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