My New Laptop

So as some of you have seen or heard my old laptop was in need of on upgrade. I could barely run more than 2 applications at a time and it was having unpredictable behaviors with traveling and the lid hinge was broken. So I took the money I got back from taxes to buy me a new laptop. I got a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop. It runs Foresight smoothly except for a few issues which I am working on solutions for and will document the fixes so others can benefit.

• Can’t Perform Graphical Install: There is a problem with Intel cards not support VESA so when anaconda tries to do a graphical install X crashes and I have to do a text based install. ISSUE
• Intel HD Audio Does Give Sound: I don’t get any sound from internal speakers or headphones. ISSUE

I will post a solution to these issues when I get them fixed.

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