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Linux Compatibility Tested ASUSTek A7S8X-MX
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type:  Workstation
Test Completed:  October 28, 2004

The ASUSTek A7S8X-MX is awarded the KeyLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

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


  •   Fedora Core 1
  •   SuSE 9.1
  •   Mandrake 10
  •   United Linux 1.0

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by KeyLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company   ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Model   ASUSTek A7S8X-MX
BIOS  Revision   1002.002
Main Board and Chipset   A7S8X-MX; NB: SiS741GX ; SB:SiS964
Processor/s   AMD Athlon XP 1900+
RAM   256MB
HBA   IDE
Motherboard Features and Capabilities   
  1. Support AMD Athlon XP / Duron(FSB=266/333/400)
  2. Supported ACPI mode:S1,S3,S4,S5
  3. Supports AGP8X
Display Adapter   On-board SiS741GX
Serial  Ports   One (1) 16550a
Parallel  Ports   One (1) bi-directional
USB  Ports    Four (4) USB 2.0 ports
I/O Ports and Buses   Two (2) 32-bit PCI, One (1) AGP
Network Interface  On-Board SiS 900
CDROM   Behavior Tech Computer Corp. BDV316B
Audio Chipset / Sound Card   ADI AD1888
Floppy Drive   Standard 3.5"
Hard Drive   Seagate ST320410A 20G
KeyBoard   101key
Mouse   Logitech PS/2 mouse
Miscellaneous Hardware   None

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by KeyLabs, 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
GRUB/LILO Compatibility   PASSED
Heavy I/O Test   PASSED
Network Test   PASSED
Network Load Test   N/A
SMP Test   N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility   PASSED
X Server Compatibility   PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility   N/A
Advanced Sound Availability   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:

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