System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2004-11-18 IBM® ThinkCentre A51P 8422-15U is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the IBM® ThinkCentre A51P 8422-15U:
SuSE Professional 9.1 Novell Linux Desktop 9
This document presents the compatibility testing results.
System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
| System Configuration as Tested |
| Company | IBM |
| Model | IBM® ThinkCentre A51P 8422-15U |
| BIOS Revision | 8/2/04 |
| Main Board and Chipset | NA |
| Processor(s) | Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 540 with Hyper-Thre |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| HBA | SATA |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | Integrated Video, Sound and Network. |
| Display Adapter | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 |
| Serial Ports | One (1) 16550 compatible |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | Eight (8) USB 2 |
| I/O Ports and buses | |
| Host Bus Adapter | SATA |
| Network Interface | Gigabit Ethernet Integrated |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | SoundMAX Cadenza |
| Optical Drive | CD-ROM 48X Max |
| Hard Drive | 40GB SATA IDE hard drive |
| Floppy Drive | None |
| 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:
Sound support for this system was not working with this distribution.
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