Acer Aspire 5720G

[Amiwell]

I bought this laptop, it has a nice 15.4 screen, as a processor an intel core duo 2 at 1.50 Ghz and an excellent graphics card nvidia 8400 gs compatible with aros, the wifi card should be changed, I did it with a compatible one but i had some problems with owb, with other os no, surely with the netgear wg111v3 adapter that i ordered i will solve everything, highly recommended

[ntromans]

Good to know. Is audio fully supported?

Cheers,
Nigel.

[Amiwell]

yes ntromans

[Amiwell]

only that I have a problem I can only hear the audio through the PC unfortunately, because if I insert the audio jack in line out, nothing can be heard, maybe it is a problem with the computer I got used

[ntromans]

only that I have a problem I can only hear the audio through the PC unfortunately, because if I insert the audio jack in line out, nothing can be heard, maybe it is a problem with the computer I got used

I guess that could be fixed with a hardware hack - it might be possible to insert an old fashioned make/break headphone jack between the motherboard and and the speakers (always assuming they are connected via wires and the speakers are not mounted straight onto the motherboard).

Cheers,
Nigel.

[Amiwell]

you could do something like that

[Amiwell]

unfortunately the audio is not routed from the connectors to external audio components only from inside the laptop

[ntromans]

Well, it would definitely be qa bit of a hack and, as mentioned, it would only work if there are wires between the motherboard and speakers. Crack open the case, drill a hole to mount the new headphone jack and splice in connecting wires to it from the speaker's wiring.

Cheers,
Nigel.

P.S.  I'm in a bit of a hardware hacking mood at the moment - I'm currently resurecting my old Samsung n145 (motherboard killed by an overvolting PSU) by replacing its motherboard with that from an n130 (£4 off ebay and all hardware supported by AROS bar, ironically, its speakers), and I'm taking the opportunity to add an uprated battery, supported Atheros PCIe wifi, touchscreen and mSATA SSD.

[Amiwell]

I don't want to open the computer, then I'm not practical and I always need a second machine that I use with linux to create my Tiny Aros distribution and compile the new builds of alt-abiv0, currently I have another computer the one I have in signature and the samsung evo 860 makes me go really well with the whole system

[Amiwell]

yes in the end I solved it, I lifted the keyboard of the laptop and I saw the connectors for the internal speakers, I disconnected them, now everything works fine, except for some problems in reassembly

[Amiwell]

I thought that the nvidia 8400m GS was recognized but unfortunately it is not