MSI GE62VR 7RF Apache Pro

  • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (2808.14-MHz K8-class CPU)
  • Wired Ethernet (Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet) supported by alc driver
  • Wireless: Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8265 supported by iwm driver in 12-CURRENT (custom installed hardware)
  • Bluetooth: ubt0 device created, but does not seem to work
  • Graphics: i915 Kabylake supported by graphics/drm-next-kmod
  • Audio works after setting sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=1
  • Synaptics touchpad works out of the box; additional features accessed by adding hw.psm.synaptics_support=“1” to /boot/loader.conf
  • Webcam works with multimedia/webcamd
  • Screen brightness keys work when bound to intel_backlight from graphics/intel-backlight
  • SteelSeries keyboard brightness and basic mode changes work out of the box; advanced backlight control with sysutils/msiklm
  • Volume buttons work fine
  • CPU stepping works
  • CPU temperature reported after adding coretemp_load=“YES” to /boot/loader.conf
  • SDMMC slot not tested, but does not seem to be detected
  • UEFI boot does work with USB stick
  • UEFI boot does not work from disk after installation at least with ZFS (after installation, set boot mode to Legacy in BIOS)

  • laptops/msi_ge62vr_7rf_apache_pro.txt
  • Last modified: 2018/08/05 22:05
  • by JasonHale