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