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Aspire

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Aspire 5100-3825	2006-12-18	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	–	Untested	Untested: Hot keys
Aspire 1501LMi	2007-08-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	–	Untested: Sleep	Untested: Hot keys
Aspire 5024	2006-05-23	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	–	Untested		Suspend: Video and Wi-Fi problems
Aspire 7720	2009-02	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	card reader: only SD cards seem to work; special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; FireWire: untested.	Update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems. Hibernation: still flaky (often hangs in the middle of restoring)
Aspire 5745(P)G	2014-04-20	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes	Install xf86-input-egalax^AUR for the P version touchscreen	Update to BIOS v1.15 to see battery informations.
Aspire E5-573	2015-12	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Aspire 7730	2009-08	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	–	Yes	Untested: HDMI Card reader	added to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf` to get headphone output working Problem booting install CD Solved with at ramfs
Aspire 4935	2009-08	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes
Aspire 2920Z	2009-02	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	–	Yes	No: Blue e on the left
Aspire 5735z	2014-09-03	Yes		Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes
Aspire E1-531	2016-07-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aspire V3-371	2015-07-06	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested		See #Flaky Secure Boot
Aspire V3-372	2016-09-29	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Set touchpad to basic in BIOS, then enable it with `Fn+F7`.	See #Flaky Secure Boot
Aspire V3-572G	2017-09-11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Suspend/resume + nvidia prop. drivers ("gpu has fallen off the bus"). Fix/workaround: append to kernel parameters.
Aspire F5-573G-7791	2016-12-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			See #Flaky Secure Boot. Reportedly fixed on firmware update 1.31.
Aspire E5-575G-5538	2017-02-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested			See #Flaky Secure Boot.
Aspire E5-553-T337	2018-08-07	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aspire E5-422G-68PL	2020-07-21	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Disable "Advanced Features" for the Touchpad in BIOS to unlock more functions than with it on Windows.	Sleep & Hibernation issues when R5 GPU gets used in any way
Aspire 3 A315-41-R09T	2019-03-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Add `ivrs_ioapic[4]=00:14.0 ivrs_ioapic[5]=00:00.2`: fixes erratic behavior and stuck at boot or shutdown. during installation only is suggested.
Aspire 3 A315-51-524S	2019-11-11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aspire 3 A315-53G-52A4	2019-11-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aspire E5-476G	2019-06-01	Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes	Untested	Yes
Aspire 5 A515-51G-5072	2020-06-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		If BIOS bootable USB detection is slow re/start the laptop again. Add `pci=noaer` to disable error messages for Wi-Fi Disable Wi-Fi power management if speed gets throttled on battery
Aspire 5 A515-56-5952	2022-11-09	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Disable VMD in BIOS to improve battery life and reach S0ix (use to show hidden settings)

AspireOne

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
AspireOne D255e	2011-04-27	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
Aspire One Cloudbook 11	2016-08	Yes	Yes	–	Yes	Yes			See #Flaky Secure Boot.

Travelmate

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Travelmate 6292	2008-06-24	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested
TravelMate 8371G (TM8371G-944G32n)	2010-05		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fingerprint reader does not seem to have a driver	No fan control Suspend to RAM requires
TravelMate TimelineX 8473T	2016-02-01	Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes	Untested	Untested		Sound, sleep, wireless, brightness require configuration

Nitro

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Nitro VN7-791G-74DL	2016-01-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Fan control requires porting drivers from windows
Nitro VN7-792G-710p	2016-10-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested: Webcam HDMI
Nitro VN7-792G-751Y	2016-12-01			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		^*HDMI and Microphone do not work
Nitro VN7-572G	2019-02-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Sound Recording: problem seems already reported See #Flaky Secure Boot.
Nitro AN515-43	2022-02-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Untested: HDMI	For fan control, use
Nitro AN515-45	2022-09-06	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Yes	Untested: HDMI	For better power optimization, use . For fan control, use with AN515-43 configuration. For switching between GPUs see PRIME#PRIME render offload.

Predator

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Predator Helios 300, PH315-53	2021-07	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested
Predator Helios 500, PH517-61	2022-09	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	ITE8987 SuperIO not supported: PWM Fan speed cannot be manually set Cannot read fan speed Cannot set RGB lighting for keyboard Cannot turn border lighting around trackpad on and off Predator quicklaunch keys does not function

Swift

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Swift 3 SF315-52-52YN	2020-09-05	Yes		–	Yes	Yes	Yes		^*See Acer Swift 5#Kernel modules parameters
Swift 5 SF515-51T	2019-06-01	Yes		–	Yes	Yes	Yes		^*See Acer Swift 5#Kernel modules parameters

Enduro

Model version	Date	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power management	Other	Remarks
Enduro N3 EN314-51W-55LW	2021-08-28	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		^*See #Flaky Secure Boot and #Switching NVMe mode to AHCI

Troubleshooting

Flaky Secure Boot

Some models have a peculiar Secure Boot implementation which requires the following workaround to boot successfully the installation medium:

To start on a clean slate, clear trusted bootloaders within the Secure Boot settings
Save, reboot, return to UEFI
Add the bootloader as a trusted UEFI file
1. To add a file as a trusted bootloader, you may have to set a supervisor password: do not lose it
Save, reboot, return to UEFI
Disables Secure Boot
The bootloader should now appear in the list even if Secure Boot is disabled

You may have to repeat these steps every firmware update.

Aspire 3 A315-56 internal storage not showing up

The firmware has a bug where you cannot see the internal SATA storage after first booting up. At boot, the bootloader can see the internal storage but the initial ramdisk is unable to see it due to this bug.

The only known solution to this is suspending and waking it up.

Add an early custom hook to put the laptop to sleep before the step to mount the filesystems:

This custom hook will reset the RTC alarm clock and set an alarm 2 seconds into the future for device wake-up, so you do not have to manually wake-up the laptop.

Add it the mkinitcpio HOOKS:

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

...
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems '''suspend-to-ram''' keyboard fsck)
...

Finally regenerate the initramfs.

Switching NVMe mode to AHCI

Linux does not support Optane with RAID NVMe mode which is default on some devices. The workaround is to swich NVMe mode to AHCI.

One can switch the mode on the Main tab of BIOS setup. This option is hidden by default and unavailable until Supervisor password set.

To set Supervisor password:

Enter BIOS setup by pressing F2 on boot-up.
Navigate to Security tab.
Select Set Supervisor Password option.
Enter the new password.
Exit BIOS setup saving changes.

To change NVMe mode (might not be possible until Supervisor password set):

Enter BIOS setup by pressing F2 on boot-up.
Enter Supervisor password.
Navigate to Main tab.
Hit . Option SATA mode will appear.
Set SATA Mode to AHCI.
Exit BIOS setup saving settings.

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