System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2003-08-01 ASUSTek PC-DL 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 PC-DL:
SuSE 8.2 RedHat 9.0 United 1.0 Mandrake 9.1
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 PC-DL |
| BIOS Revision | 1001.00e |
| Main Board and Chipset | Intel® 875P |
| Processor(s) | Dual Intel® Pentium® 4 Xeon-2GHz |
| RAM | 1024MB DDR RAM |
| HBA | NA |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | 1. Supports Intel® Xeon® processor with Hyper-threading 2. Can support up to 4GHz memory
3.Supports unbuffered DDR DRAM (266/333/400) 4.Supports ACPI modes: S1, S3, S4, S5
5.Supports Serial ATA Disk |
| Display Adapter | ATI® Rage Pro |
| Serial Ports | Two (2) 16550 compatible |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | None |
| I/O Ports and buses | One (1) AGP Ports; Five (5) PCI Slots; |
| Host Bus Adapter | NA |
| Network Interface | On-board Intel® 82547ET |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | ADI ADI1985 |
| Optical Drive | ASUS; 50x IDE CDROM |
| Hard Drive | Seagate® ST320410A 20GB IDE |
| 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:
None of the operating systems detected the NIC during installation. The NIC driver file, e1000-4.1.7.tar, had to be downloaded from http://download.asus.com.tw/ and manually installed.
Audio chipset not supported in Linux and no drivers available
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