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Model list

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
GE75 Raider 8SX 2019-01-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See dedicated page.
Modern 15 - A11S 2021-06-01 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested
P14 A10RB/A10SC/A10RAS 2020-06-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No fingerprint driver for Linux.
P15 A10SC 2020-05-29 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No fingerprint driver for Linux.
See #BisonCam.
Some Fn keys do not work. Always on Fn keys can be disabled via Fn+Esc.
PS63 Modern 2019-12-22 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #BisonCam Touchpad is disable when wake up from suspend, needs to reset the i2c bus. See custom script.
GS63VR 2019-08-15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
GS65 2018-06-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sleep turns on airplane mode.
Nouveau does not work.
GS73VR 2017-03-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested See Map scancodes to keycodes for P1 0xef and ECO 0xce key.
GS75 2022-07-017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sleep turns on airplane mode. nvidia preferred for battery life.
GP602QF 2018-06-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested See #BisonCam. For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GE60-0ND 2019-1-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested See #BisonCam. For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GE66 Raider 10UH-14BE 2022-12-05 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GF75 Thin 10SC 2021-08-16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested See #BisonCam.
GS66 11UX 2021-11-24 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes NVMe drive, Screen refresh rate, and Audio have caveats.
Alpha 15/17 B5EEK 2022-06-09 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MSI Mystic Light is unsupported. You can turn mystic light off.
Changing color is not officially supported by Open RGB, but its possible using HID Interface.
Some Fn keys do not work.
Sound quality worse than Windows: absent Nahimic support.
GP66 Leopard 11UH 2023-01-08 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested Yes
GF65 Thin 10SER 2023-02-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delta 15 A5EFK 2023-12-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes openrgb can be used to control keyboard lighting. Supergfxctl can be used to switch between the GPUs, as well as PCI passthrough via OVMF. Audio/Mic mute LEDs do not work.
Creator Z16 2024-02-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No fingerprint driver for Linux.
See #BisonCam.
See BBS#293009 to get keyboard lighting working.
GP62 7QF 2024-09-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* *Hibernation needs tweak

Advanced UEFI settings needed to disable the dGPU

Bravo 15 B7EDP-024US 2024-09-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fails to wake up from suspend.

BisonCam

Models with a BisonCam integrated webcam just need to activate it with Fn+F6.