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Acer Aspire 5750Z
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5750Z laptop. If you have the Acer Aspire 5750Z and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer Aspire 5750Z. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer Aspire 5750Z page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 5750Z specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire 5750Z |
| Processor | Intel® Pentium® Processor B940/B950 (2.0/2.1GHz, 2MB L3 cache) |
| Chipset | Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset, Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset (Sandy Bridge) |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics (6 execution units, Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.1, OpenCL NO) Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) |
| Wired Network | Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe |
| Wireless Network | Atheros Communications Inc. AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) |
| Analog Sound | ALC269VB |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Not Tested | |
| Screen | Not Tested | |
| HDD | Not Tested | |
| Optical Drive | Not Tested | |
| Graphics Chip | Not Tested | |
| VGA Out | Not Tested | |
| HDMI Out | Works out of box with Ubuntu 12.04 | Dual head not tested, audio passthrough for AC3/DTS still an issue |
| Sound | Works out of box with Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Bulti-in Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Jack | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Works perfect | |
| Wireless | Works out of box with Ubuntu 12.04 | Also finally got it to work with opensuse 12.1 |
| USB | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested | |
| Touch Pad | Works out of box with Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Suspend/Resume | Not Tested |
Notes
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the Acer Aspire 5750Z here.
Discussion
Looks like the model I have has a different wireless chip. (Atheros AR9287)
Laptop works flawless with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, so good that is was boring. I next installed opensuse 12.1. I loved this distro and everything works, EXCEPT the wireless networking. This laptop has the Broadcom BCM43227 wireless ethernet adapter where the os never saw it. I spent 2 days trying to get it operational, but no dice. Too bad………..
Finally got it work with openSUSE 12.1 See:
http://opensuse-guide.org/wlan.php
Just reboot after install!