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Dell G15 5530

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Hardware PCI/USB ID Working?
Touchpad Yes
Keyboard 187c:0551 Yes
Keyboard Lighting 187c:0551 Yes
GPU(NVIDIA) 10de:28e1 Yes
Webcam Yes
Ethernet 10ec:8168 Yes
Bluetooth 8087:0026 Yes
Audio 8086:7a50 Yes
Wi-Fi 8086:7a70 Yes
TPM Yes

Installation

Installation works out of the box, but it is recommended to change SSD mode from RAID to AHCI.

Keyboard backlight

Install awcc-gitAUR for keyboard backlight and performance control, all known modes and effects work, including setting custom fan boost.

Game Shift Mode

It is recommended to set the power mode and fan speed boost by using awcc-gitAUR

Alternatively, first install acpi_call (or acpi_call-lts for LTS kernel, acpi_call-dkms for other kernels) and load the kernel module:

# modprobe acpi_call

Turn on:

# echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x25 {1, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00}" > /proc/acpi/call
# echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {1, 0xab, 0x00, 0x00}" > /proc/acpi/call

Turn off:

# echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x25 {1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}" > /proc/acpi/call
# echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {1, 0xa0, 0x00, 0x00}" > /proc/acpi/call

Accessibility

The appearance of the BIOS is pretty simple and not very colorful, so that it might work well with OCR software. The use of a mouse is not required.

G-Mode and Light Keys

By default, you cannot bind/use G-Key and Light-Key, although if you want to bind them to their respective functions, you have to use awcc-gitAUR.

Function keys

Key Visible?1 Marked?2 Effect
Fn+Esc No Yes Enables Fn lock
Fn+F1 Yes Yes XF86AudioMute
Fn+F2 Yes Yes XF86AudioLowerVolume
Fn+F3 Yes Yes XF86AudioRaiseVolume
Fn+F4 Yes Yes XF86AudioPlay
Fn+F5 Yes Yes Keyboard Backlight
Fn+F6 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F7 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessUp
Fn+F8 Yes Yes Inputs Super+p
Fn+F9 Yes Yes G-Mode
Fn+F10 Yes Yes Print
Fn+F11 Yes Yes Home
Fn+F12 Yes Yes End
  1. The key is visible to evtest and similar tools.
  2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.