Dell Latitude & FC3

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan D'Baisse" <ryan.dbaisse at gmail.com>
To: "Group Fedora Core Users" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:06 AM
Subject: Dell Latitude & FC3


> Morning, all!
> 
> I was just handed a new laptop.  I am trying to determine if it will be 
> a good candidate for FC3.  Based on the specs, does anyone see any 
> areas that might be tricky for a newbie like me? Here are the specs, 
> directly from Dell:
> 
> System Type: Latitude C840
> 
> 1 0120C INSERT, BLANK, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., CP/CPX
> 1 433MR ASSEMBLY, COVER, HINGE, PLASTIC, LONSDALE
> 1 6G141 PIPE, HEIGHT, THIN, FINS, COMANECI AND AVANTI (SHARED PARTS), 
> PONG ADDS/COHIBA
> 1 8P514 PROCESSOR, 80532, 1.8GHZ, 512K, PENTIUM 4, MICRO FLIP CHIP PIN 
> GRID ALIGNMENT
> 1 8T993 BATTERY, MALAYSIA DIRECT SHIP, 14.8V, 8C, LITHIUM, SONY
> 1 5C671 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, CONTROLLER/NO 
> CABLE, SONY, NOTEBOOK
> 1 6G356 ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, EXTERNAL, 20V, 90W, 3W, POWER 
> FACTOR CORRECTION
> 1 146CM ASSEMBLY, CABLE, FLEXTRONICS, 15, SXGA+-UXGA, LONSDALE/LAVACA
> 1 3J010 ASSEMBLY, BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP), BOTTOM, C840, COMPAL, PCTEL
> 1 3J076 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, SXGA+SPWG, BURST 
> MODE INVERTER, 15, SAMSUNG
> 1 4C895 ASSEMBLY, BEZEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.0, LONSDALE, ULTRA 
> EXTENDED GRAPHICS ARRAY
> 1 7R055 ASSEMBLY, COVER, TOP, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15, C840/M50
> 1 3J247 KEYBOARD, 87, UNITED STATES, COMANECI AND AVANTI (SHARED 
> PARTS), UNITED STATES
> 1 4P608 MOUSE, UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS, 2BTN, WHEEL, OPTICAL, LOGITECH
> 1 7N242 KEYBOARD, 104, UNITED STATES, SILITEK, LOW COST, MIDNIGHT GRAY
> 1 4K174 KIT, ADVANCED PORT REPLICATOR, CPORT2, V.3, 90W, DELL AMERICAS 
> ORGANIZATION
> 1 0F452 CASE, CARRYING, LEATHER, NOTEBOOK, CLASSIC
> 2 0K963 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 266, 64X64, 8K, 200
> 1 4K085 BATTERY, SECOND, 14.8V, 8C, LITHIUM, SANYO
> 1 3R091 SUB-ASSEMBLY, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 24X, I, SAMSUNG, SIDE, V4
> 1 3H788 KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, ROXIO, V5.1
> 1 6R175 ASSEMBLY, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE/DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE 
> COMBO, 24X, HITACHI LG DATA STORAGE, OMAHA
> 1 1N010 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SWDVD, INTERVIDEO, 3.0.58.6
> 1 5J149 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, VIDEO, 64MB, NV17, NVIDIA
> 1 48CVX ASSEMBLY, CARRIER, HARD DRIVE, LONSDALE/LAVACA
> 1 8267R CONNECTOR, HEADER, 2X22, FEMALE, 2, S, G, 35K, THIRD HEIGHT, 
> CHIP SET
> 1 9N251 HARD DRIVE, 60GB, I, 2.5" FORM FACTOR, 12.5MM, IBM-CASCADE, V2
> 1 1J666 FILLER, PLASTIC, AIRBAY
> 1 1R596 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL, COMPACT 
> DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, A02
> 1 8U082 CARD (CIRCUIT), WIRELESS, MINI PCI CARD, INTERNAL, AGERE 
> SYSTEMS, 2.4GHZ
> 
> Thanks, in advance.
> 
> Thanx,
> Ryan

http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html is your friend.

Thomas