ASUS K55VD

1. Use nvidia-390xx-dkms^AUR for the driver
Hardware	PCI/USB ID	Working?
Bluetooth		Yes
Webcam		Yes
Microphone		Yes
Touchpad		Yes
Keyboard		Yes
GPU (intel)	`8086:0166`	Yes
GPU (nvidia)¹	`10de:1058`	No
Ethernet	`10ec:8168`	Untested
Audio	`8086:1e20`	Yes
Wireless	`168c:0032`	Yes
Express Card Reader	`10ec:5289`	Untested

Installation

By default, MTRR size is not set correctly and MDS bug is present. To set the MTRR size correctly and avoid memory loss, add to your kernel parameters. And to mitigate MDS, add to kernel parameters. nosmt option disables simultaneous multithreading so if the performance decrease is too much, add mds=full instead.

Firmware

BIOS update

BIOS updates are only done manually:

Download the latest BIOS image
Plug a USB drive and format it to FAT32
1. Find the USB drive's name with
2. Install
3. Format the USB drive to FAT32
Copy K55VDAS.xxx file to the USB drive
Restart the PC and open BIOS with
Get to the Advanced menu
Select Start Easy Flash
Select the K55VDAS.xxx with arrow keys and enter.

UEFI Shell

Few ASUS laptops (and also K55VD) provide an option called Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device. It's not accessible by default but can be accessible by following the given instructions at Unified Extensible Firmware Interface#Launching UEFI Shell

Function keys

Key	Visible?¹	Marked?²	Effect
	Yes	Yes
`Fn+F2`	Yes	Yes
	Yes	No
	Yes	No
`Fn+F5`	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	`XF86ScreenSaver`
	³	Yes
	Yes	Yes	`XF86TouchpadToggle`
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	No	`XF86Phone`
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	`XF86Calculator`

The key is visible to and similar tools.
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
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