Acer Aspire 5740 [Linux Laptop Wiki]

Specifications

For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 5740 specifications page.

Name	Acer Aspire 5740
Processor	Intel® Core i7-620M processor (4 MB L3 cache, 2.66 GHz, up to 3.33 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W), supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Intel® Core i5-540M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.53 GHz, up to 3.06 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W), i5-520M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz, up to 2.93 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W), i5-430M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, up to 2.53 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W) processor, supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Intel® Core i3-350M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W), i5-330M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 35 W) processor, supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Screen	15.6“ (1366×768) Widescreen
RAM	Up to 8GB
HDD	160GB to 640GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Network	10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n Wi-Fi Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Works
Screen	Works
HDD	Works
Optical Drive	Works
Graphics	Works	Brightness can not be adjusted, flickering in Fedora 13
Sound	Works
Ethernet	Works
Wireless	Works
Bluetooth	Not Tested
Modem	Not Tested
USB	Works
Card Reader	Not Tested
Webcam	Not Tested

Discussion

josh dillard, 2011/09/15 20:16

ok im having issues with 5740 aspire intel card ummi3 and i was havving issues with windows7 so i dunno i thinking drier issue ant sggestion cause im beat testing beta 1 ubuntu 11.10 i might try iubuntu but who knows

Joe Jackson, 2010/10/31 09:02

Acer Aspire 5740
Core i5 430m 2.26ghz HT TB (Turbo Boost does not work <Searching for a workaround>)
Intel GMA HD (i5)
4GB Ram
Tri-Boot Windows 7 Ultimate, Mac OS X 10.6, and Ubuntu 10.10.

Webcam works perfectly. (Tested using gmail.)
Brightness does not work. (I found a workaround however, see below)
Bluetooth USB dongle works. (My model does not come with built in bluetooth)
Everything else listed as works also works perfectly with no adjustments.

To use brightness control:
There is a simple workaround I found. Open your grub.cfg file, find the line:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae root=UUID=3c03e0b3-35df-4ea0-a56a-eac4ab9028c9 ro quiet splash
Change it to
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae root=UUID=3c03e0b3-35df-4ea0-a56a-eac4ab9028c9 ro acpi_osi= quiet splash
Adding the acpi_osi= will disable the OS reporting to your bios (default is windows_nt) Trying to set this to linux will result in no change, setting it to a blank entry will allow you to change brightness with no problems :)

Enjoy,
-Joe

Petoco, 2010/05/08 17:57

In my Aspire 5740 i install Ubuntu 10.04. The problem is that is not possible to regulate the bright of the monitor, is always on full bright.

Steve, 2010/03/22 01:56

Tried booting with a live Ubuntu Mint 8 CD. Blank screen during bootup, however I did hear the login sound after about a minute (unfortunately, a working distro isn't very useful without a graphics display).

I'm hoping another distro works better.

Steve, 2010/03/22 01:58

Oops, I meant Linux Mint 8.

Pablo Vanwoerkom, 2010/02/21 08:55

Can't get netinstall to work on Aspire 5740-5255. It says it can't detect my ethernet card and for testing/unstable, it tries to do it through the wireless and fails. I guess I will have to download the full images. Anybody have better luck?

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