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
  • 2,5 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" 1280x800 display
  • Webcam and microphone
  • SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD card reader
  • Intel 3945 802.11G 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

[edit] 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 speakers don't auto-mute with headphones by default
Webcam SuYin Acer CrystalEye webcam Working Out of tree uvcvideo module needed
Wi-Fi / Wireless Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Working Wireless LED always off with 2.6.24 iwlwifi
5-in-1 card reader TI FlashMedia xx12/xx21 SD/MMC working Bug: need to reload tifm_sd after insertion

This laptop works very well in linux as of 2.6.24. The only thing that doesn't work is the modem.

[edit] Model Specifics

Webcam works with uvcvideo driver.

SD reader works with tifm_7xx1, tifm_sd and mmc_block drivers. There is currently a bug, so I must remove and re-insert tifm_sd AFTER I insert the SD card most of the times.

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 tux on ice [1].

Most extra keyboard buttons (multimedia special keys) works.

Setting the video brightness works with the video module

Sounds works (intel hda), but some hacks might be needed if you want the microphone and muting of the speakers when you plug headphones. Inserting "options snd-hda-intel model=acer" in /etc/modprobe.d/any_file_name Is the best option I found so far. It mutes the integrated speakers when I plug headphones, but I still need to select input manually (internal or external mic) for sound recording. Speakers and microphone are not very loud, so anything recorded with the integrated mic will be barely audible with the integrated speakers even at max volume.

3D acceleration works, even if it's slow. Use i915 kernel module and intel xorg driver.

[edit] 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
Facts about Acer Extensa 5620RDF feed
Hardware Components Intel Mobile GM965/GL960  +, Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M  +, Intel ICH8 HD Audio Controller  +, SuYin Acer CrystalEye webcam  +, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG  +, and TI FlashMedia xx12/xx21  +
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