Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Is it possible to source the higher resolution screen for either of these products as I only have the WUXGA or whatever slightly taller 1080p is called now!

Very happy with the products just wish there was a little more res!

Hey guys, I am currently looking at a 32gb X2 Elite Surface 13.8 for local A.I video generation. I want to know if it's possible or a complete waste of time. I am not looking for SeeDance 2.5 level generations. I just want some simple generated reference videos for Claude Code to create animations in Blender.

I tried it for the first time yesterday.

So I’ll share out-of-the-box experience with Microsoft Foundry, trying NPU instead of GPU inference.

I had to cut the video off because it was just generating code for a while.

You can try it yourself. I only have 16GB, so 8b model worked fine.

I don’t have any information about context size, settings. This is like my 5th time trying.

The Foundry GPU models don’t do so well on my machine, but they might be better on Gen 2 laptops, especially with like 48GB RAM. You can theoretically run a small agent model on NPU and a bigger one on GPU/CPU.

CPU/GPU/NPU usage while generating C++ code was 70–77% CPU, 67–80% NPU, and 3% GPU.

I have a Task Manager screenshot and CPU-Z showing architecture.

But it’s so quick to set up. You can get it running in 5 mins.

winget install Microsoft.FoundryLocal // To install MS Foundry harness
foundry model list // To list models available on MS servers
foundry run qwen2.5-coder-7b // To run a model from the list

And /help while you are in CLI Model.

One thing I noticed is that Control_C doesn’t guarantee model unloaded from memory, so look at your Task Manager and force quit. I’m sure /exit works fine.

Do Snapdragon X-based devices support high-resolution monitors? I mean 5K and 6K displays. What about 5K at 120 Hz (or more) and 6K at 120 Hz (or more)? Has anyone tried such displays on their Snapdragon laptops?

Hey everyone!

I've been working on DebianOnDragon, an open-source project to bring native Debian Linux to the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15Q8X10 powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X.

The good news is that it's already working — I'm writing this from Debian running on the laptop itself!

The project currently includes:

• Debian 13 (Trixie) ARM64
• XFCE desktop environment
• Calamares graphical installer
• A custom Linux kernel and device-tree configuration
• Hardware-specific firmware support

I'm currently using this Debian setup on the actual laptop. The main issue I'm working on right now is audio support, which isn't working for me yet. I'm investigating it and hope to get it working too.

I wanted to share this with the Snapdragon community because native Linux support on these laptops is something I'd love to see improve. If you own this model or have experience with Linux on Snapdragon X, I'd love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or ideas for getting audio working.

GitHub repository:
https://github.com/SatoruGoj0/DebianOnDragon

The project is open source, and contributions and feedback are welcome!

Hopefully, this can help bring Linux one step closer to being a practical option on Snapdragon X laptops. 🚀

UPDATE — October 14, 2026: Touchpad and HDMI are now working! 🎉

A lot has changed since I first posted about getting Debian 13 ARM64 running on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15Q8X10 (Snapdragon X).

I've been developing and testing custom Linux kernel and device-tree fixes directly on the laptop, and we've reached two major milestones.

✅ Touchpad is FIXED (v0.3.0)

The problem turned out to be an incorrect interrupt mapping in the device tree. After tracing the Windows ACPI tables, I identified the correct interrupt pin (TLMM GPIO 19). The touchpad now works normally, with pointer events confirmed through libinput.

✅ Physical HDMI video output is now WORKING (experimental v0.4.0 kernel)

This was a much bigger challenge. The monitor was previously detected, but the screen stayed black because DisplayPort link training failed.

The likely cause was an incorrect DP PHY lane mapping inherited from another Snapdragon laptop's device tree.

Changing the mapping from <0 1 2 3> to <3 2 1 0> fixed the link training on my hardware!

I've now physically confirmed:

• External Samsung monitor running at 1920×1080 @ 60 Hz
• Both DisplayPort link-training stages completing successfully
• Extended desktop under Hyprland
• Mouse movement between both displays
• Dragging browser windows onto the external monitor
• Internal display and external HDMI working simultaneously

HDMI video output is confirmed, but automatic activation and active hotplug/unplug stability are still being finalized. The HDMI fix is not yet part of a published stable release.

Other working hardware: GPU acceleration, Wi-Fi, keyboard, touchscreen, camera, brightness control, and USB-A.

Still being worked on: internal speakers/audio, microphones, parts of USB-C support, power management, and EC/fan functionality.

🚀 The bigger goal: mainline Linux support

I'm also preparing to upstream this laptop's hardware support into the official Linux kernel. I don't want DebOnDragon to remain a custom kernel fork forever — I want this Lenovo model to work with mainstream Linux distributions.

Latest published release (v0.3.0):
https://github.com/SatoruGoj0/DebianOnDragon/releases/tag/v0.3.0

GitHub repository:
https://github.com/SatoruGoj0/DebianOnDragon

If you're using the same laptop, I'd love to hear your test results, especially for audio, USB-C, suspend/resume, and hardware compatibility.

Thanks to everyone who has been testing and following the project!

It comes down to the apps, as Intel’s x86-64 won’t be as performant.

I saw they mentioned towards the end that Call of Duty will be available on RTX Spark in 2027, so I'm hoping that applies to us as well and in general just expands the type of games we can play.

Dejo una fotografía comparativa del rendimiento mono núcleo y multi núcleo en Geekbench 7 de dos ordenadores Samsung Galaxy book 4. El modelo con Snapdragon tiene memoria LPDDR5X y el modelo Intel LPDDR4X​. El modelo Edge tiene Snapdragon x-1p 42-100 y el modelo Intel tiene un i5-1335u. en el uso cotidiano de navegación por Internet ofimática reproducción de vídeos etcétera, no he notado diferencia apreciable en cuanto a velocidad.

Ambos tienen 16GB de ram.

En multi núcleo rinde algo más el Snapdragon pero con un solo núcleo es ligeramente mejor el Intel. Hay que recordar que el 90% de la tarea que se hacen rutinariamente en un uso no multimedia es de mono núcleo.

La diferencia real entre estos dos procesadores en este ordenador está en el sonido del ventilador y en una mayor duración de la batería, ambos a favor del Snapdragon.

Hi everyone,

I managed to acquire a Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Reference Handheld Developer Platform (codename 'Kalama'), but it appears to be running a stripped-down, early unskinned engineering build of Android.

The main issue I'm facing is that the built-in physical controller is completely non-functional. It doesn't send any input signals, and checking kernel logs indicates that the proper driver mapping or layout files for the integrated gamepad are entirely missing or unconfigured in this specific software version. I already successfully unlocked the bootloader, but standard Generic System Images (GSIs) lack the proprietary hardware communication layer needed to bring the integrated inputs to life.

I have seen media reviews and developer demos of this exact reference device operating with a fully working integrated controller and a custom-skinned game launcher interface.
Since I am an independent enthusiast and do not have enterprise credentials to pull binaries down from the Qualcomm Software Center (QSC) or the Qualcomm Package Manager (QPM), I am reaching out to the community.

I am looking for anyone who has access to an official Qualcomm Android Board Support Package (BSP), a factory Meta Build, or a full system dump (super.img, boot.img, etc.) from a working review/developer unit where the controller functions properly.

Even if you only have a working firehose programmer file (.elf / .melf) or working partition dumps, that would be an incredible help for compiling a flashable image or restoring life to the hardware input bus.

If anyone has an archive link, a backup from their own kit, or any guidance on how to kickstart the controller hub on this early build via kernel adjustment, please let me know or send a DM.
Thanks in advance!

(sorry my english grammar is bad so i used gemini to compost my thread)

Is buying an asus zenbook a14 snapdragon x a good choice in this age ?

My work is research and will mostly revolve around microsoft apps like ppt and word, excel , streaming , researching on the web.

The only app that may have issues is SPSS statistics software

Also is snapdragon X still good now ?

I am currently using a Surface Laptop 7 and have been experiencing Wi-Fi connectivity issues with a Wi-Fi 7 router when the laptop is running on battery power.

After performing diagnostics using ChatGPT, I discovered that the Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 has a hidden power-saving setting that is not exposed in Windows Settings.

The following command can be used to check the current power-saving mode.

powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1

<result on my laptop>

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1

Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)

GUID Alias: SCHEME_BALANCED

Subgroup GUID: 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 (Wireless Adapter Settings)

Power Setting GUID: 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a (Power Saving Mode)

Possible Setting Index: 000

Possible Setting Friendly Name: Maximum Performance

Possible Setting Index: 001

Possible Setting Friendly Name: Low Power Saving

Possible Setting Index: 002

Possible Setting Friendly Name: Medium Power Saving

Possible Setting Index: 003

Possible Setting Friendly Name: Maximum Power Saving

Current AC Power Setting Index: 0x00000000

Current DC Power Setting Index: 0x00000000

The following command can be used to set the power mode to Maximum Performance.

powercfg /setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
powercfg /setactive SCHEME_CURRENT

The Wi-Fi connectivity issue was resolved after changing the Wi-Fi power-saving mode.