HUAWEI MateBook 14 (2020)

amazon - 2021 - 800€

i7-10510U, 4 cores / 8 threads
16Go
NVIDIA MX350 / 3:2 display
1.5kg

Disabling Touchscreen

xinput way - xinput disable <id=13>
driver way

BIOS - 1.19 Rev 5.0

Linux support

Nvidia GeForce MX350 driver N/A although installed
power button issue
- ivzave/matebook-linux - patching acpi table - S3 sleep state: OK on Linux 5.4.0-80-generic
  - Fn-Lock - pressing Fn key lock/unlock the functionnality - Power button: OK, but has to be pressed for at least 1 second to generate event
  - Fingerpring reader : KO
- Disabled STAPM and Increased the Power Limit
enable fingerprint scanner
- via Fingerprint GUI - an application providing fingerprint-based authentication on Linux desktops. Based on the libfprint library, it features a simple GUI for fingerprint management and a PAM module.
  - linuxMint: Unable to locate package libfprint-dev

Startup options

F2 - BIOS access
F10 - windows restore
F12 - boot select

Factory partition

System (120Go) - Windows 10 (C:)
Data (341Go) - D:
WINPE (.5GB) - WinPE is a preinstallation environment that lets you install Windows from a wim file… probably from the 14gb key partition.
WinRE (1GB) - WinRE is a recovery environment for restoring Windows in the event it fails to boot.
OneKey (14GB) - Huawei laptops have two system restore modes, one that is built in to Windows 10 and one made by Huawei

That said, technically you dont need any of them. You can just create a Windows 10 usb installer and download your drivers separately and store them on the usb drive in a folder, then format your ssd and reinstall Windows. That will free up your 14gb partition - since that probably houses the stock image of the hard drive that can be restored through WinPE. With your windows installer on a usb stick instead, you’ll get the standard Windows install: an efi partition, a recovery partion, and the rest of your space to your C drive. Though you’ll have to find your serial or a way to transfer the activation license with you.

Installing Linux

Shrink/Delete Partition

Using disk management tool

remove Data (D:) partition
shrink OS (C:) partition to 50Go (leave 10Go free)

For the moment leave Onekey partition (14Go occupied)

Linux install

Internet connection is recommanded for install (for thirdparty software).

Partition / (100Go), /home (300Go)

Hardware info

wifi card is a Intel Wireless-AC 9560
- wifi issue
  - Update to wifi 6 / 2 - beware intel / AMD card incompatitibility : AX200 vs AX201
  - AC 9260 vs 9560

$ inxi -Fxxxrnz
inxi -Fxxxrnz
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: HUAWEI product: KLVC-WXX9 v: M1060 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: HUAWEI model: KLVC-WXX9-PCB v: M1060 serial: <filter> UEFI: HUAWEI v: 1.19 date: 08/01/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.6 Wh condition: 54.6/54.9 Wh (99%) volts: 8.5/7.6 model: DYNAPACK HB4593R1ECW-22T0 
           type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 42 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: C L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 36799 
           Speed: 600 MHz min/max: 400/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 600 2: 1959 3: 797 4: 644 5: 600 6: 600 7: 604 8: 603 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9b41 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce MX350] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c94 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 2160x1440~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:02c8 
           Device-2: Plantronics Plantronics BT600 type: USB driver: plantronics,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1:2 
           chip ID: 047f:02fb serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.13.0-23-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462 driver: N/A port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:02f0 
           Device-2: Realtek USB3.0 802.11ac 1200M Adapter type: USB driver: rtl88x2bu bus ID: 1-2:18 chip ID: 0bda:b812 
           serial: <filter> 
           IF: wlx1cbfce03f4ea state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: br-2fff95979612 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 138.26 GiB (29.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           serial: <filter> rev: 11120000 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 91.17 GiB used: 27.78 GiB (30.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 
           ID-2: /home size: 308.37 GiB used: 110.44 GiB (35.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 34 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A

Hardware upgrade

Huawei MateBook 14s - disassembly and upgrade options / Huawei MateBook D 14 (2020)
- memory soldered directly on the mother board
- SSD can be removed.

Written on July 18, 2021, Last update on September 29, 2023

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