Description of Apple Powerbook

Support knowledgebase (laptop_daten_apple_Powerbook)

Exact modelname

• PowerBook
• Family Number: M7572 EMC: 1840
• Manufacturer's description can be found at : http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html (in English)

Processor, Memory, Bus

• Processor

  processor       : 0
  cpu             : 750
  temperature     : 0 C
  clock           : 400MHz
  revision        : 131.0
  bogomips        : 797.90
  zero pages      : total 0 (0Kb) current: 0 (0Kb) hits: 0/196 (0%)
  machine         : PowerBook3,1
  motherboard     : PowerBook3,1 MacRISC Power Macintosh
  L2 cache        : 1024K unified
  memory          : 192MB
  pmac-generation : NewWorld
  

Graphic chip, Display

• Graphic chipset: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility M3 AGP 2x
• Display: XGA/SVGA 1024 x 768 / 800 x 600 / 1400 x 1050
• XServer: The XFree86 3.3.6 Framebuffer X-Server works fine.
• From lspci -v :

  00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
          Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility M3 AGP 2x
          Flags: bus master, stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 48
          Memory at a4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
          I/O ports at 0400 [disabled]
          Memory at a0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
          Expansion ROM at a0020000 [disabled]
          Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
  

• From lspci -n :

  00:10.0 Class 0300: 1002:4c46 (rev 02)
  

Pointing Device

• Touchpad with 2 Buttons. Recognized and supported under Linux as a standard PS/2 mouse.

Sound

• Sound chip: Apple Integrated Sound (screamer)

• works with the following etries in /etc/modules.conf
  

  alias char-major-14 dmasound
  alias sound dmasound
  alias midi dmasound
  alias sound-slot-0 dmasound
  alias sound-service-0-0 dmasound
  

PCMCIA

• Availalbe slots : 1
• PCMCIA controller:
  From /var/log/messages:

  linux kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.17
  linux kernel:   kernel build: 2.2.16 #1 Thu Oct 5 01:30:41 GMT 2000
  linux kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus]
  linux rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/i82365.o
  linux kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
  linux kernel:   TI 1211 rev 00 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:1a, mem 0x80080000
  linux kernel:     host opts [0]: [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 58] [lat 16/32] [bus 1/1]
  linux kernel:     PCI irq 58 test failed
  linux kernel:     *NO* card interrupts, polling interval = 1000 ms
  

• probe -v and probe -m Output:

    PCI bridge probe: TI 1211 found, 2 sockets.
    i82365
  

IrDA

• Works fine.
• Special settings : no special settings needed

FireWire

• lspci -v Output :

  00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0018 (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
   Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 40
          Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
  00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
          Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility M3 AGP 2x
          Flags: bus master, stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 48
  

• Chipset and support under Linux : not tested yet.

External connection

• 1 USB connector. lspci -v Output:

  00:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0019 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 27
          Memory at 80082000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
  00:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0019 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 28
          Memory at 80081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
  

• internal modem: Works.

APM

• APM doesn't work.

Other storage media

• Hard disk : IBM-DARA-206000, 5729MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=12416/15/63, (U)DMA
• CD-ROM : MATSHITADVD-ROM ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache
• Floppycontroller :
• Floppy : not availabe, external floppy, normal floppy, pcmcia, USB, LS 120
• Output of fdisk -l :

  Disk /dev/hda: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 12416 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes
  

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Keywords: LAPTOP, NOTEBOOK, TECHNISCHE DATEN, TECHNICAL DATA, APPLE, POWERBOOK, HW_DES


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