ASUSTek A8R-MVP
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2006-01-03

ASUSTek A8R-MVP 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 A8R-MVP:

SuSE 9.3

Mandrake 10.2

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 A8R-MVP
BIOS Revision	0128
Main Board and Chipset	A8R-MVP NB:ATI® RD480 SB:ULI M1573
Processor(s)	AMD® K8 3200+
RAM	512 MB
HBA	IDE
Motherboard Features and Capabilities
Display Adapter	ASUS; Extreme AX600PRO/TD(ATI® Radeon X600PRO)
Serial Ports	One (1) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
USB Ports	Six (6) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	Three (3) PCI-E1 Slots; Six (6) PCI Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	IDE
Network Interface	On-board Marvell® Yukon 88E8001 PCI Gigabit Et
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	ADI AD1986A
Optical Drive	ASUS; CD-S520/A, IDE
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.

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 (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 PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Throughput Testing PASSED
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® 88E8053 Gigabit Lan chip was not detected by normal install , must get driver file install-8_16.tar.bz2 then install and set it up

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