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Acer is a Taiwan-based international computer company, producer of monitors, laptops, netbooks, desktops and other products.

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Lower temperature thresholds for sensors

My eight month old Acer V3-571G is overheating: temperature fluctuates between 64 degC and 75 degC with only Firefox running and the exhausts are starting show some signs of melting. As soon as I launch Eclipse or Chrome, it reaches 80 degC. The…
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GRUB2 not showing on HDMI monitor

I have an Acer Aspire E 15 laptop that I use at home most of the time, connected to an HDMI monitor and USB keyboard and mouse. I have Windows, Ubuntu and openSUSE installed on it. I would like to use it with the lid closed, but I always had to open…
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Linux on ACER Nitro 5 AN517 51 72CQ laptop

I never used Windows in my life. I am 60 years old with a PhD in computer science (coding since 1974, e.g. coding today https://github.com/bstarynk/bismon professionally), but not familiar with recent BIOSes (using Linux since 1993 and 0.99.12…
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Unstable wifi/Connection drops with Qualcomm QCA9377 on Ubuntu 18.04

So I have dualboot on my Acer Aspire with Linux Lite XFCE(Ubuntu) and Windows 10. Network Controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac A while ago I started having issues with Wifi connection regularly dropping when I was on Linux. Pinging my…
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Direct firmware load for ath10k failed with Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377

I'm using Arch Linux (4.8.13-1) on an Acer Spin 5 notebook. WIFI is working, but there are some errors in dmesg | grep ath which I don't understand: [ 2.269128] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0 [ …
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Detecting turning of laptop lid and device orientation

I'm using Arch Linux on an Acer Spin 5 laptop. The laptop lid can be turned backwards and then be used as a tablet. In Windows this is detected automatically and the keyboard is deactivated then. Arch seems to detect this, too, because when I turn…
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Linux Mint 17.1 Won't Boot after BIOS Upgrade

I have an Acer Aspire E5-573G with Windows 10 installed in UEFI mode and Linux Mint 17.1 installed in Legacy mode. Recently I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version available in the Acer support page. After that, I can't boot to Linux Mint, GRUB…
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How can I recover grub2 (Fedora) that has been killed by Windows 10 using Fedora-LiveUSB, on Acer laptop?

Windows 10 has killed grub2, how can I recover the grub to access to Fedora again using a Fedora Live USB?, I'm sure that i installed fedora in uefi mode, I had used for some time Fedora in dual boot with Windows, but after some time, the grub2…
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rEFInd won't boot Linux when in place of Windows Boot Manager

I have installed OpenSUSE 15 on Acer Aspire ES1-132 (which is infamous for being reluctant to run anything but Windows 10) and now trying to boot it. The only way I can achieve this so far is by first booting rEFInd from USB stick. It then allows me…
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PCIe Bus error when booting Archiso and when using wifi-menu

I'm trying to install Arch Linux on a Acer Spin 5 Laptop. I'm booting the latest archiso from a USB-Stick in UEFI mode and even before the system has fully started these errors appear during the boot sequence: [...] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: PCIe Bus…
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Several devices missing from lspci-- why?

I've installed Debian 8.3 on an Acer Aspire, model number SW5-012, with the stock kernel 4.4.0-trunk-686-pae. Mostly, it's working fine. But there are a few devices which the kernel claims not to be able to see-- particularly, the wifi and the…
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Unable to boot after installing grub for new Arch Linux Install on Acer S7

I have followed the instructions on the Arch Linux beginner's guide to do a dual boot on an Acer S7-392. I only did not do the initramfs part and I did not create the partitions at the install since I used another tool to create the partitions…
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How to enable Acer Aspire One 725 0802 touchpad & F Keys?

I recently tried to install the Elementary Luna OS using Unetbootin. Instead of installing to a USB or CD to boot from, I installed the OS to the hard drive. It seemed to install fine, the BIOS showed the option to boot from either Windows 7 or the…
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How do I stop charging the battery way prior to 100% in OpenBSD?

I'm thinking about using a netbook as an OpenBSD server. I'd like it to have UPS -- so the integrated battery is quite useful. However, I'm very familiar with the batteries going dead very quickly if stored at 100% charge, plus topped up back to…
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Unable to install on UEFI anymore

I have an Acer Aspire E15 Start computer with which I have had a problem for a long time and which I cannot solve today. One day I tried to install the latest version of the Debian operating system on this computer (I was using the GUI installation…
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