Does AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U Acer TravelMate P2 laptop works with Ubuntu 22.04

lemonpuffs

My main concern is to run/install Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS). Or should I pick Acer TravelMate P2 with Intel CPU?

This is the first time am purchasing an Acer TravelMate P2 Laptop so I don't know anything about it.

Laptop: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U] Acer TravelMate P2 TMP214-41-R6C3 14 Inches FHD IPS Business Laptop with Windows 10 Professional

Part No : NX.VRDSG.001

 

JackE

AMD should be fine. Intel CPUs are sometimes set up for Intel's proprietary RST or VMD disk control which must be changed to AHCI to accomodate dual booting which can be a bit more of a hassle.

lemonpuffs

Thanks JackE.

Do you recommend other similar priced laptop for Linux?

JackE

Depends if you need pre-installed WinPro vs WinHome

lemonpuffs

JackE said:

Depends if you need pre-installed WinPro vs WinHome

Is WinPro or WinHome important? Mostly on Ubuntu. Only reason to use Windows if somehow Ubuntu fails. 

All I need is a laptop without wireless driver issues during fresh install of Ubuntu. <-- This is my only requirement.

At least 8GB RAM and 256 GB SSD. Looking at good deals at 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD.

Previous laptop had no driver for broadcom wireless driver preloaded in the Ubuntu. 

Is Travelmate P2 reliable?

JackE

No more & no less reliable than any other series. The Aspire A514 series with nearly equivalent specs and pre-installed WinHome would probably be cheaper. You might find a vendor offering a submodel  from one of these series that you like better. Also, choose you distro carefully because some are much better than others in having drivers for devices that are primarily used in a Windows environment.

Aspire A514-51

Aspire A514-51G

Aspire A514-52

Aspire A514-52G

Aspire A514-53

Aspire A514-53G

Aspire A514-54

Aspire A514-54G

Aspire A514-54S

lemonpuffs

Hi Jack,

I bought Acer Nitro 5 laptop with specification listed below. Always have been using Ubuntu. Need your help on the recommend way to install Ubuntu or (your recommended) Linux distro good for this laptop.

- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

- Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

- NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 4GB GDDR6

- 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz 45%NTSC LED backlit TFT LCD

- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM (going to upgrade to 16GB)

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JackE

Tap F2 on startup to enter BIOS menu. Post a phone photo of the first screen if possible so we can set the full model number and other properties that might affect dual booting.

billsey

The newest laptop models seem to always have a lag before any of the Linux distros support them fully. You are often better off to buy last years model if you want to run Linux as your primary OS. Ubuntu will likely mostly work, but it might be a few months before everything is working right...

JackE

Tap F2 on startup to enter BIOS menu. Post a phone photo of the first screen if possible so we can set the full model number and other properties that might affect dual booting.

lemonpuffs

Will update once I collect the laptop.

For Linux distro - deciding between Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or Pop!OS 22.04 (have not used this but seems to have nvidia drivers preloaded into the ISO)

lemonpuffs

CPU Info: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

System BIOS Version: V1.06

GOP Version: AMD GOP X64 Release Driver Rev. 2.16.0.17.10 Jan 29 2021.02:32:29

lemonpuffs

Network Boot: Disabled

F12 Boot: Disabled

Wake on LAN: Disabled

Wake on WLAN: Disabled

USB Wake from S4 Support: Disabled

Function Key behavior: Function Key

Lid Open Resume: Enabled

Wake on USB while lid closed: Disabled

D2D Recovery: Enabled

Keyboard backlight timeout: Enabled

Fast Boot: Enabled

Display Language: English

lemonpuffs

Advanced menu from BIOS

AMD-SVM: Enabled

AMD-IOMMU: Enabled

lemonpuffs

Security menu from BIOS

Set Supervisor Password: [Disabled]

Change Supervisor Password: [N/A]

Set User Password: [Disabled]

Change User Password: [N/A]

Password on Boot: [N/A]

Secure Boot Mode: Standard

Erase all secure boot settings: [Enter]

Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing: [Enter]

Restore Secure Boot to Factory Default: [Enter]

Current TPM (TCM) State: Installed

Change TPM (TCM) State: [Enabled]

Clear TPM (TCM) State: [Clear]

lemonpuffs

Boot menu from BIOS

Boot mode: [UEFI]

Secure Boot: [Enabled]

Boot Priority:

Windows Boot Manager

lemonpuffs

Laptop Box Information from white sticker.

Acer Series: Nitro 5 

AN515-45-R553

Color: Shale Black

P/N: NH/QBMSG.002 

RMN: N20C1

OS: Windows 10 Home 

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB GDDR6 Dedicated VRAM 

Memory: 16 GB DDR 3200MHx Memory

Manufacture Year 2021 

SYSTEM BIOS: V1.06 

lemonpuffs

After I updated Windows 10, the BIOS has been upgraded to v 1.08.

lemonpuffs

The boot usb ubuntu does not load during restart + F12.

lemonpuffs

shandor22 said:

Secure Boot Mode: Standard

Erase all secure boot settings: [Enter]

Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing: [Enter]

Restore Secure Boot to Factory Default: [Enter]

Sorry, I don't follow. Do I select this options?

lemonpuffs

The problematic usb

- Using Rufus and install Ubuntu 22.04 as MBR partition -> failed to load usb in F12 boot menu

- Using Rufus and install Ubuntu 22.04 as GPT partition -> failed to load usb in F12 boot menu

I used another usb and was able to load usb in F12 boot menu.

- Disabled "Fast Boot"

- Disabled "Secure Boot"

- Enabled "Boot Menu"

- Forgotten how was the usb written.