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Linux Compatibility Tested
ASUSTek A7N8X Deluxe
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type:  Workstation
Test Completed:  September 16, 2003

The ASUSTek A7N8X Deluxe is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following Linux distributions compatible with this system.


  •  RedHat 9.0  
  •  United Linux 1.0  

This document presents the these compbatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company    ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Model    A7N8X Deluxe
BIOS  Revision    1006
Main Board and Chipset    A7N8X Deluxe using nVidia nForce2 SPPt
Processor    AMD Athlon XP 2100+
RAM    512MB
HBA    IDE
Motherboard Features and Capabilities    1. Supported Suspend-to-RAM(S3) power
       management capacity 
   2. Supports Dual-Channel DDR400 DRAM
   3. Up to 1.5 GHz memory
   4. Support USB 2.0
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)    Elsa TNT2
Serial  Ports    1x 16550a
Parallel  Ports    1x  bi-directional
USB  Ports    4x  USB
I/O Ports and Buses    5x 32-bit PCI
Network Interface    1x MCP integrated NVIDIA MAC +
   Realtek 8201BLPHY
   1x  MCP integrated 3Com MAC +
   Broadcom AC101LPHY
CDROM    Asus IDE CDROM 50x
Audio Chipset / Sound Card    Realtek ALC650
Floppy Drive    1.44 standard diskette
Hard Drive    Seagate ST320410A 20GB IDE
KeyBoard    Keyboard as tested is a 101-key generic.
Mouse    Mouse as tested is a Logitech PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware    None

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.

Test Comment Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation   PASSED
NFS/FTP Installation   PASSED
Device Auto Probing   PASSED
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility   PASSED
LILO Compatibility   PASSED
Heavy I/O Test   PASSED
Network Test   PASSED
Network Load Test   (Not required on Workstation Test) N/A
SMP Test   (Only required multiprocessor systems) N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility   PASSED
X Server Compatibility   PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility   N/A
Advanced Sound Availibility   N/A
Advanced Sound Compatibility   N/A
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection   PASSED
Setserial Compatibility   PASSED
Throughput Testing   PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection   PASSED
Compatibility Testing   PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection   PASSED
Compatibility Testing   PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Test   PASSED

Notes and Observations:

The lan driver wasn't detected during a normal installation.  The lan driver files 3c90x.tar.gz and nvdia-nforce-1-0-0261.tar.gz can be downloaded from http://download.asus.com.tw/.

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