MSI GE62VR 7RF Apache Pro
Hardware Overview
- 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
Notes
- 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
Installation
- 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)
Technical Output
- dmesg: dmesg.out.txt
- pciconf -lv: pciconf.out.txt
- devinfo -v: devinfo.out.txt
- acpidump -dt: acpidump.out.txt