Acer TravelMate 5720
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Laptop
Test Completed: 2008-04-11

Acer TravelMate 5720 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the Acer TravelMate 5720:

Open Suse 10.3

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	Acer
Model	Acer TravelMate 5720
BIOS Revision	v1.32
Main Board and Chipset	82801HBM/HEM
Processor(s)	Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU T7500 2.2Ghz/800Mhz
RAM	DDR2 1GB
HBA	Acer Incorporated [ALI] 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/I
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	Intel® Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz/800Mhz FSB /4Mb cache DDR2 1GB, Phonix BIOS V1.32, Wi-Fi, ACPI 3.0, Mobile PC 2002, DMI 2.0
Display Adapter	Intel® 965 GM
Serial Ports	None
Parallel Ports	None
USB Ports	Four (4) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	One (1) Firewire Ports; One (1) PCI Slots; One (1) PCI-X Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	Acer Incorporated [ALI] 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/I
Network Interface	NetLink BCM5787M 10/100/1000
Network Interface	Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wi-fi 802.11 A/B/G
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	82801H (ICH8 Family) HD
Optical Drive	TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H-(PM)
Hard Drive	WDC WD1200BEVS 120GB (SATA) Acer OEM (Toshibh
Floppy Drive	None
Keyboard	88-/89-Key Acer Fine Touch (built in)
Pointing Device	Acer built-in Seamless(Synaptics) touchpad wi
Miscellaneous Hardware	Integrated ports: S-Video/TV-out port, Bluetooth port, Infrared port, DVI-D port, External display VGA port, Headphones/speaker/line-out jack, 5-in-1 card reader

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

Test Comment Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation PASSED
NFS/FTP Installation PASSED
Device Auto Probing PASSED
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility PASSED
GRUB/LILO Compatibility PASSED
Heavy I/O Test PASSED
Network Test PASSED
Network Load Test (Not required on workstation test) PASSED
SMP Test (Only required multiprocessor systems) PASSED
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility PASSED
X Server Compatibility PASSED
Stand Alone Monitor (Laptop Test Only) NA
Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD (Laptop Test Only) NA
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection NA
Compatibility Testing NA
Throughput Testing NA
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection NA
Compatibility Testing NA
Mouse
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Testing PASSED

Notes and Observations:

Headphones to work install alsa-driver-1.0.16 drivers from http://www.alsa-project.org url
Infrared port - drivers not available
Modem not detected
Display - 1. Active dual head mode works with Clone Multihead option only
Note: We need to restart the machine for display to adjust to the external monitor/Projector/LCD
2. After a full online update the display settings change

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