Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
---|---|---|
Touchpad | 04f3:30aa |
Yes |
Keyboard | Yes | |
GPU | 8086:9a49 |
Yes |
Webcam | 5986:211c |
Yes |
Bluetooth | 8087:0026 |
Yes |
SD-card reader | 10ec:525a |
Yes |
Audio | 8086:a0c8 |
Yes |
Wireless | 8086:a0f0 |
Yes |
TPM | Yes |
Installation
Secure Boot needs to be disabled at first startup and after UEFI updates. Append intel-ucode and intel-media-driver to pacstrap.
Firmware
fwupd supports listing :
- Elan Touchpad
- NVM Express Solid State Drive (Kingston)
- UEFI
Install upd72020x-fwAUR for module xhci_pci
. See Mkinitcpio#Possibly missing firmware for module XXXX.
Secure Boot functions well with custom keys, make sure to disable automatic reverting to factory keys.
Sound
This laptop requires ALSA firmware (i.e. installing sof-firmware) in order for the soundcard to work.
Accessibility
The BIOS interface is keyboard driven and does not require the use of a mouse.
Thermals
Fan control can be tuned by installing iswAUR.
Configuration entry for Modern 15 A11M is missing, and needs to be added manually (PR: https://github.com/YoyPa/isw/issues/152):
/etc/isw.conf
[1552EMS1] # A11M-217XIT # 1552EMS1.1071023 address_profile = MSI_ADDRESS_DEFAULT fan_mode = 140 # CPU cpu_temp_0 = 50 cpu_temp_1 = 58 cpu_temp_2 = 65 cpu_temp_3 = 70 cpu_temp_4 = 90 cpu_temp_5 = 95 cpu_fan_speed_0 = 45 cpu_fan_speed_1 = 58 cpu_fan_speed_2 = 65 cpu_fan_speed_3 = 72 cpu_fan_speed_4 = 80 cpu_fan_speed_5 = 85 cpu_fan_speed_6 = 100 # GPU gpu_temp_0 = 50 gpu_temp_1 = 60 gpu_temp_2 = 70 gpu_temp_3 = 82 gpu_temp_4 = 90 gpu_temp_5 = 93 gpu_fan_speed_0 = 0 gpu_fan_speed_1 = 50 gpu_fan_speed_2 = 65 gpu_fan_speed_3 = 72 gpu_fan_speed_4 = 80 gpu_fan_speed_5 = 85 gpu_fan_speed_6 = 100
To activate a personalized profile, you need to set the value 0xd4
to 64
. You can set your profile adding to autostart the following two lines (PR: https://github.com/YoyPa/isw/issues/152):
# isw -w 1552EMS1 # isw -s 0xd4 64
To autostart you can also use the provided isw@.service
, but you will need use a drop-in snippet:
/etc/systemd/system/isw@.service.d/override.conf
[Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=/usr/bin/isw -w %I -s 0xd4 64
Then start/enable isw@1552EMS1.service
.
Keyboard
Toggle Fn
key always on with Fn+Esc
. The keyboard backlight works properly.
The LEDs on the F1
(Audio mute) and F5
(Microphone status) keys do not work.
See also
- Bios updates and manual : https://www.msi.com/Business-Productivity/Modern-15-A11X/support
- Bios update how-to video : https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=39UPPi8M1fk&local=true&dark_mode=true