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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nobody, as per http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update to your BIOS is available (1.35). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?  If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, then please mark this report Status Confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.35

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392999

Title:
  On Intel 3945ABG, Wi-Fi constantly stops functioning

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Essentially, sometimes my Wi-FI simply stops functioning without
  disconnecting from the network - I am unable to access any Internet
  pages and all my downloading files are stuck - this, obviously, is an
  undesired effect caused by a bug, as I wish to use Internet normally
  without any interference. The only workaround regarding the effect of
  this bug is reconnecting to the Wi-Fi network or restarting the
  computer - however, the bug usually appears in chain - this means that
  reconnecting or restarting usually will give me my Internet access
  only for a couple of seconds or minutes until I lose it again due to
  same issue.

  This bug appears frequently under normal workflow, but it is
  especially common whenever I attempt to download large (1GB+) files
  either via direct download or BitTorrent client. This bug is present
  in earlier versions of Ubuntu(13.10, 14.04) and actually did affect
  other distributions as well but it appears that it is much less severe
  in 14.10 - an Ubuntu version I currently report this bug from. Default
  14.10 kernel was not changed. I have made slight changes in /usr/lib
  /pm-utils/power.d/wireless(disabled Wi-Fi power savings) and
  /etc/pm/config.d/blacklist(blacklisted Wi-Fi power management) in
  order to lessen the outcome of this bug but I do not think that it
  have changed much and bug was present in the same form before I have
  made those changes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: linux-image-3.16.0-23-generic 3.16.0-23.31
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  user       2155 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Nov 15 14:52:38 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e51e9a08-5f31-41da-a961-2fcdfd701baf
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-15 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
  MachineType: Acer Extensa 5620
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic root=UUID=0f61051f-abf6-4423-a6a6-297f8d9f6b35 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-23-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-23-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.138
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: V1.34
  dmi.board.name: Columbia
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Rev
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.34:bd04/15/2008:svnAcer:pnExtensa5620:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnColumbia:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Extensa 5620
  dmi.product.version: 0100
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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