Dell XPS 15 9570
Contents
- Year introduced: 2018
1. Hardware
- Ethernet: None
- Graphics:
Memory: 32GiB (2 x 16GiB 2666MHz DDR4 SODIMM)
Screen: 5.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective Touch IPS100% AdobeRGB 400-Nits display
Storage: 1TB Toshiba XG5 PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
Wireless: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac (Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2)
2. Support overview
Component |
Status |
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Graphics |
Graphical sessions |
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Backlight (brightness) control |
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ACPI method errors when hotkeys pressed |
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Input devices |
Keyboard backlight |
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Touchpad |
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Touch screen |
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As of 2020/09/13, wulf@'s iichid(4) driver must be compiled and loaded. |
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Trackpoint |
N/A |
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Media keys |
Brightness keys |
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Volume keys |
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Network |
Ethernet |
N/A |
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Wi-Fi |
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Other |
Battery |
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Bluetooth |
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CD/DVD drive |
N/A |
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ExpressCard reader |
N/A |
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Fan |
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Fingerprint reader |
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HTMicroelectronics Goodix Fingerprint Device on USB (27c6:5395) |
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PC card reader |
N/A |
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SD card reader |
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SIM card slot |
N/A |
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Smart card reader |
N/A |
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Suspend & resume |
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Webcam |
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CN0VGCNHLOG00899A3KCA00 IntegratedWebcamHD on USB (uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated_Webcam_HD (0c45:671d)) |
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Ports |
DisplayPort |
N/A |
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FireWire |
N/A |
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HDMI |
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Thunderbolt |
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USB |
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VGA |
N/A |
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Sound |
Headphone jack |
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Microphone jack |
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Speakers |
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Last update: <<TIME>> |
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- Legend
OK 
Somewhat OK: requires additional tweaking or works worse than expected ![/!\](/moin_static1911/modern/img/alert.png "/!\")
Present but status unknown or untested 
Does not work nothing Not sure if present
3. TODO
- Fix LCD backlight control.
- Fix Thunderbird 3 hotplug.
- Fix ACPI suspend/resume.
- Port Linux/OpenBSD SD card reader driver to FreeBSD.
4. How Do I...
4.1. Enter BIOS/UEFI Setup
- Reboot laptop.
Press <F12> before DELL splash screen appears.
5. Tweaks
5.1. FreeBSD Bring-Up
The following assumes a GPT partition scheme with FreeBSD to be installed to a ZFS partition. BIOS/UEFI changes will make the stock Windows partition unbootable, but those changes can be reversed to boot Windows.
Shrink Windows partition(s) to make room for FreeBSD partitions.
- Change the following settings in BIOS/UEFI Setup:
6. Files
7. References