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 802.11G 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 | ALSA 1.0.17 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.
[edit] 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.
[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
