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Linux Compatibility TestedLenovo ThinkCentre M55e 9645-K1U
Linux Compatibility Testing Results


System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2007-11-13

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e 9645-K1U is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e 9645-K1U:


  •  SuSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
  •  Red Hat Client 5

  • This document presents the compatibility testing results.

    System Configuration

    The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

    System Configuration as Tested
    Company Lenovo Group Limited
    Model Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e 9645-K1U
    BIOS Revision v1.00
    Main Board and Chipset 9645-K1U
    Processor(s) Intel® Core2 Duo Processor E6300 1.86 GHz
    RAM 1 GB
    HBA Integrated 82801HBM ICH8M
    Motherboard Features and Capabilities 
    Display Adapter Intel® GMA 3100
    Serial Ports None
    Parallel Ports None
    USB Ports Six (6) USB 2
    I/O Ports and buses 
    Host Bus Adapter Integrated 82801HBM ICH8M
    Network Interface Broadcom® NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
    Audio Chipset / Sound Card Intel® 82801G
    Optical Drive HLDS DVDRAM GSA-4082N
    Hard Drive Hitachi HTS726060M9AT00
    Floppy Drive None
    Keyboard Standard 101 Keyboard
    Pointing Device 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)PASSED
    SMP Test  (Only required multiprocessor systems)PASSED
    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  PASSED
    Advanced Sound Availibility  PASSED
    Advanced Sound Compatibility  PASSED
    Serial Ports
    Kernel Detection  NA
    Compatibility Testing  NA
    Throughput Testing  NA
    Parallel Ports
    Kernel Detection  NA
    Compatibility Testing  NA
    Mouse
    Kernel Detection  PASSED
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED
    Keyboard
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED

    Notes and Observations:

    Audio adapter requires the following to be installed for Red Hat Client 5 and SLED 10 SP1:
    http://dl.atrpms.net/all/alsa-driver-devel-1.0.15-62.el5.i386.rpm
    http://dl.atrpms.net/all/alsa-driver-1.0.15-62.el5.i386.rpm
    http://dl.atrpms.net/all/alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5-1.0.15-62.el5.i686.rpm
    Audio hiss removed by editing /etc/modprobe.conf to include:
    options snd-hda-intel model=3stack

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