AcerAspire3620
Contact: RostislavRaykov, Lausianne
- Brand: Acer
- Make : Aspire
- Model: 3620
Website: http://www.acer.com
Current Issues
Add/Remove... sometimes gets stuck when installing or uninstalling packages. Killing the process and trying again mostly works. External monitor (projector) not detected automatically in a running system. Comment in forum: connect and reboot (not tested yet).
System Info
bios-version:V1.06 system-manufacturer:Acer system-product-name:Aspire 3620 system-version:0100
Hardware details
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in Hardy? |
Installation works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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Screen |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sleep |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
Yes (I think so) |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Yes |
Seems so |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Headphone jack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mic jack |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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Internal Mic |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Wireless card detected and turned on, not tested |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Bluetooth |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External mouse - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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External mouse - Serial |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Card reader(s) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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+ Space |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ Esc |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F1 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F2 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F3 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F4 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F5 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F6 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F7 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F8 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F9 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F10 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F11 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F12 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ ArrowUp |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ PgUp |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ PgDown |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Edgy? |
in Feisty? |
in Hardy? |
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+ Fn |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ Programmable Keys (Browser, Mail, etc) |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Notes
Great laptop, especially for its price. I'm using it without any problem with Beryl. The only serious drawback is the keyboard bug I described, which is very annoying and seriously hinders the work on the laptop if you don't use an external keyboard. Also the battery life can be better. However I haven't installed MS Windows to see if the battery will last more with it.
Comment by Lausianne, 2007-12-10: I installed and tested Xubuntu 7.10 on a 3620 for 1.5 days. The installation was a rather frustrating experience, starting with a keyboard layout issue (accents), ending with various bugs encountered when trying to connect an external monitor (beamer) which resulted amongst other problems in losing the keyboard settings (yes, strange). Crashes on various occasions (e.g. installing cpudyn, trying hibernation). As long as it worked, it was very fast, though. XP performance issues were my reason to install Xubuntu.
Lausianne, 2008-05-03: After the 7.10 failure I was hoping that version 8 would work better and it does indeed. None of the formerly encountered troubles: With 7.10 I wasn't able to install a swap partition, with 8.04 it just happened automatically. Very fast and smooth install, keyboard works, including special characters (öäüçô...). A few less serious issues as mentioned above (Current Issues). No total crashes after a day of intensive use. Very fast compared to XP.
SergioZanchetta/Old/AcerAspire3620 (last edited 2010-02-26 15:23:44 by host226-241-dynamic)