hpr3282 :: HP Laptop with AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Graphics

Summary: I talk about the specs of the laptop and a brief upgrade.

Series: Hardware upgrades

Source: [http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3282](http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3282)

Original audio: [http://archive.org/download/hpr3282/hpr3282\_source.flac](http://archive.org/download/hpr3282/hpr3282\_source.flac)

HP Laptop with AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics

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HP Laptop Info.

• model: 14-dk1025wm (I own this model)

• Product ID: 1A491UA#ABA

• • Walmart Link 01

• Walmart Link 02

• NATO phonetic alphabet

Specifications.

1. AMD Ryzen 3 3250U (2.6 GHz base clock, up to 3.5 GHz max boost clock, 1 MB L2 cache, 2 cores)

• CPU Cores: 2

• CPU Threads: 4

• GPU Cores: 3

• System Memory Specification: Up to 2400MHz (No need to go big, keep it simple and cheap.)

• Launch Date: 06/01/2020 (January 06, 2020)

2. Memory/Ram: 4 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB)

• ECC Type: Non-ECC

• Form Factor: SODIMM

• Pin Count: 260-pin

• PC Speed: PC4-19200

• Ram is upgradable (Two slots)

• Walmart has "Maximum RAM Supported 4 GB" for model: 14-dk1025wm; this is false information.

• Amazon Link 01: 8 gb SODIMM

• Amazon Link 02: 8 gb SODIMM

• Note:

• Installed 16 GB ram but system only accepts/recognizes 14 GB ram. Attempted two different ram manufacture type (Crucial and PNY Ram)

3. Video graphics: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

4. Hard drive: 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA III HDD

• Also includes, SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280 Slot for additional storage.

• Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2 2280 SSD.

• Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5 inch SSD, SATA III 6 Gb/s,Up to 560 MB/s

5. Wifi: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11b/g/n/ac (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo.

• Open Source DKMS Drivers in Ubuntu (and Ubuntu based Distros).

6. Battery Life: 9 hrs (Nope!)

• Won't be seeing that in GNU/Linux.

Secure Boot!

1. Ubuntu is able to boot with secure boot enabled.

• Once disabled, you can load other Distros.