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Linux Compatibility TestedASUSTek A8V-E Deluxe
Linux Compatibility Testing Results


System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2004-11-23

ASUSTek A8V-E Deluxe is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the ASUSTek A8V-E Deluxe:


  •  SuSE 9.1
  •  RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
  •  Fedora Core 1
  •  Mandrake 10

  • This document presents the compatibility testing results.

    System Configuration

    The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

    System Configuration as Tested
    Company ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Model ASUSTek A8V-E Deluxe
    BIOS Revision 1001.026
    Main Board and Chipset A8V-E Deluxe; NB:VIAK8T890PRO; SB:VIA VT8237
    Processor(s) MD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
    RAM 256MB
    HBA IDE
    Motherboard Features and Capabilities 1. Supports FSB 1G
    2.. Supports DDR DRAM
    Display Adapter ASUS; Extreme AX600PRO/TD(ATI® Radeon X600PRO)
    Serial Ports None
    Parallel Ports One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
    USB Ports Four (4) USB 2
    I/O Ports and buses Three (3) PCI-E1 Slots; Three (3) PCI Slots;
    Host Bus Adapter IDE
    Network Interface On-board Marvell® 8053 Gigabit Lan
    Audio Chipset / Sound Card On-board Realtek ALC850
    Optical Drive IDE Behavior Tech Computer Corp. BDV316B
    Hard Drive Seagate® ST320410A 20G
    Floppy Drive Standard 1.44MB
    Keyboard Standard 101 Keyboard
    Pointing Device Logitech® PS/2 Mouse
    Miscellaneous Hardware 

    Testing Results

    The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

    Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

    TestCommentResult
    Installation Testing
    CD-ROM Installation  PASSED
    NFS/FTP Installation  PASSED
    Device Auto Probing  PASSED
    Base System Testing
    Kernel Compatibility  PASSED
    GRUB/LILO Compatibility  PASSED
    Heavy I/O Test  PASSED
    Network Test  PASSED
    Network Load Test  (Not required on workstation test)NA
    SMP Test  (Only required multiprocessor systems)NA
    Display Adapter
    Console Compatibility  PASSED
    X Server Compatibility  PASSED
    Stand Alone Monitor  (Laptop Test Only)NA
    Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD  (Laptop Test Only)NA
    Sound Adapter
    Basic Sound Compatibility  NA
    Advanced Sound Availibility  NA
    Advanced Sound Compatibility  NA
    Serial Ports
    Kernel Detection  NA
    Compatibility Testing  NA
    Throughput Testing  NA
    Parallel Ports
    Kernel Detection  PASSED
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED
    Mouse
    Kernel Detection  PASSED
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED
    Keyboard
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED

    Notes and Observations:

    The On-Board Marvell® 8053 Gigabit Lan Chip was not detected during installation. It is necessary to download and install the driver file install-7_04.tar.bz2 .

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