Laptop Installation Report - Acer Aspire 5004
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I installed Fedora Core 5 (x86_64) on an Acer Aspire 5004 notebook computer. The details of the installation is documented here along with a few notes I made during configuration (which I will keep updating, hopefully :) ).
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Quick Summary
| Processor | AMD Turion TM 64 ML-34 (1MB L2 cache, 1.8GHz) | Works, Frequency Scaling works |
| VGA | SiS M760 | Works, But no 3D Acceleration. |
| NIC | SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet | Works |
| WiFi | Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) | Not tested, but the device is known to work with ndiswrapper. It doesn't work with fwcutter. |
| Audio | SiS Sound Controller (rev a0) | Works |
| Modem | SiS AC'97 Modem Controller | Not Tested |
| Display | 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite color TFT LCD (1280x800 pixel resolution) | Almost works, see notes. |
| Bluetooth | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Lite-On SSM-8515S DVD Writer | Works |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 5K100 5400RPM 60GB | Works |
| PCMCIA Slot | Texas Instruments PCI1510 | Works |
| Touch Pad | SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad | All components work (Mouse control, Vertical/Horizontal scroll, Left/Right click |
