Acer Aspire 5 15 - 13th gen i7

Installation

  • Any problems with installation - None disabled secure boot in bios.
  • Was latest kernel required? Used default kernel (not kernel-latest).
  • Were some additional kernel options required? no

Basic Input

  • Keyboard - works
  • External USB mouse [if possible to check] - working with external usb mouse
  • Touch-pad -working
  • Touch-pad supports “tap as click” and scrolling with 2 fingers works, works
  • Display brightness change shortcuts, unsure
  • Sound volume shortcuts, unsure
  • Keyboard led and keyboard brightness change shortcuts, none
  • Output of xinput --list from terminal of dom0
  • Check if keyboard and/or touchpad is PS/2 connected (how to check ) no idea

Internet and bluetooth

  • Ethernet cable connection - works out of the box or actions were required? not available only wifi
  • Ethernet cable connection - speed
  • Wifi connection - works out of the box or actions were required? Wifi works by default
  • Wifi connection - speed, is reliable over the time? Works well
  • Bluetooth - works out of the box or actions were required? Unsure
  • Bluetooth - shows devices, connection process works, sound output or copying works.

Suspend

  • Suspend/Resume works - works out of the box or actions were required? unsure
  • Does resume breaks WiFi, if it does, how to recover it? unsure
  • Does resume breaks Bluetooth, if it does, how to recover it? unsure

Video [increase VCPU to the qube before test]

  • Fullscreen and windowed video playback of youtube - 720p/1080p/2K/4K in Firefox. Does it drop frames?
  • Video file playback of file using mpv/mplayer/smplayer - 1080p? Higher resolutions and bitrates?
  • Multiple displays configuration works (using available DP/Thunderbolt, HDMI or other video ports,

Audio

  • Speakers (sound playback) (was sys-audio used?),
  • Head-phones via 3.5" jack (works, automatically turns off speakers?)
  • Sound output via HDMI
  • Audio-optical (S/PDIF) output

Fans

  • Are fans silent on idle? silent
  • Are fans noisier than on Windows/Linux?. If they are, was thankfan or similar software tried? Louder when running windows 11

Other

  • Have you tried running Windows 10 HVM qubes? not yet
  • Does CPU boost seem to be working properly? no idea

Specs:

  • Link to the laptop page on the brand website,
  • Display native resolution, 60hz IPS
  • Maximum possible RAM memory, I have 16gb ram installed
  • CPU score (from PassMark - CPU Comparison ),
  • Number of USB Controllers and if more than one: information what internal USB devices and USB ports are connected to which controller. 2 usb ports
  • Internal TPM working and active
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