Dell Inspiron 7537

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4500U 1.80GHz (Haswell)
  • Screen: 15.6“ glossy 1366×768 or 1920×1080
  • Memory: 8192 MB DDR3L 1600 MHz
  • Chipset: Intel HM76
  • Video: Intel HD Graphics 4400, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
  • Ethernet: RealTek RTL8111/8168B PCIe Gigabit (supported by re(4))
  • HDD: 1TB ST1000LM014-1EJ164 DEM7
  • Size: 379.4×254.8×20.5 mm
  • Weight: 2.6 kg

I didn't test X.org, just booted FreeBSD-10.1-PRERELEASE-amd64-20140907-r271243-memstick.img.xz and played a bit in LiveCD mode; it suspended and resumed correctly (screen and keyboard remained functional) twice in a row (at least).

There were spurious error messages from USB (lots of them) during the boot-up and especially when I tried shutdown -p now (graceful shutdown never arrived, had to press power button for 4 seconds):

usbd_setup_device_desc: getting device descriptor at addr 4 failed, USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
usbd_req_re_enumerate: addr=4, set address failed! (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT, ignored)

Ethernet adapter is recognized properly, sound playback also works fine. WiFi and internal card reader are not supported.

  • laptops/dell_inspiron_7537.txt
  • Last modified: 2018/04/01 00:57
  • by MarkLinimon