Acer Extensa 5620
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My Acer Extensa 5620 (bought in Canada, others may differ slightly) has the following specs :
- 1.66 GHz Core 2 Duo T5450, 666MHz FSB, 2 MiB L2 Cache, x86-64
- 2.5 GB RAM (I replaced a 512MB by a 2GB) DDR2 666MHz. 4GB is the maximum supported
- SATA 160 GB Western Digital hard drive
- Intel GMA X3100 integrated video
- Intel 965GM+ICH8M chipset
- IDE DVD±RW burner
- 15.4" 1280x800 display
- Webcam and microphone
- SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD card reader
- Intel 3945 802.11A/B/G wireless
- Broadcom gigabit ethernet
- 56 kbps modem
- Realtek ALC268 intel HD audio
Ports and expansion :
- Cardbus
- ExpressCard 54mm
- S-video, VGA
- IEEE 1394 firewire
- Headphones, mic, line-in
- lock
- ethernet
- modem
- 4x USB
General Status
| Component | Chipset | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 | Working | |
| Network card | Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M | Working | |
| Sound card | Intel ICH8 HD Audio Controller | Working | ALSA 1.0.17 or newer recommended for microphone |
| Webcam | SuYin Acer CrystalEye webcam | Working | Driver included in linux 2.6.26 and up |
| Wi-Fi / Wireless | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Working | Wireless LED working with 2.6.26 and up |
| 5-in-1 card reader | TI FlashMedia xx12/xx21 | SD/MMC working |
This laptop works very well in linux as of 2.6.26. The only thing that doesn't work is the modem.
Model Specifics
Webcam works with uvcvideo driver. The maximum resolution I can get is 640x480.
SD reader works with tifm_7xx1, tifm_sd and mmc_block drivers.
Suspend to RAM works with some hacks. The module psmouse must be unloaded. s2ram works with the switches -f -a3. The hack should be included in later s2ram versions.
Suspend to disk works. I use uswsusp.
Most extra keyboard buttons (multimedia special keys) works.
Setting the video brightness works with the video module
Sounds works (snd-intel-hda), to get all microphones and speakers working, I use out of tree ALSA 1.0.17 drivers. This should be fixed in linux 2.6.27.
3D acceleration works, even if it's slow. Use i915 kernel module and intel xorg driver.
lspci output
xavier@ex5620 ~> lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 0f:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller 0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 0f:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) 0f:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller ex5620:~# lsusb Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 009: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
