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Acer Aspire 5742
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5742 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer Aspire 5742. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer Aspire 5742 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 5742 specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire 5742 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-460M Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 2.53GHz) Intel® Core™ i3-370M Mobile Processor (3MB cache, 2.40 GHz) Intel® Pentium® Processor P6100 (3MB L3 cache, 2.0GHz) Intel® Core™ i5-480M Processor (3M Cache, 2.66 GHz) |
| Screen | 15.6“ (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer® InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | Tested i3 & i5 processor |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | No driver needs to be installed |
| Graphics | Yes | No driver needs to be installed |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | No driver needs to be installed |
| Bluetooth | Yes | USB adapter required, no driver necessary |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | No driver needs to be installed |
| Webcam | Yes | Just open cheese, no drivers need to be installed |
Notes
Tested using Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit, Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit, Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit, Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit and Fedora 15 64 bit.
Summary
Runs very well and smoothly - brightness can not be controlled without a little tweaking. Steps to control brightness can be found here http://pastebin.com/Hknfxr75
acer_aspire_5742.txt · Last modified: 2017/09/10 21:40 by don
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