Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702-AMU
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2008-04-11

Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702-AMU is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702-AMU:

SuSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1

RedHat Enterprise Workstation 5.1

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	Lenovo Group Limited
Model	Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702-AMU
BIOS Revision	51KT29AUS
Main Board and Chipset	9702-AMU
Processor(s)	Intel® Core2 Duo Processor E4600 2.40 GHz
RAM	2 GB
HBA	82801GB ICH7 (SATA)
Motherboard Features and Capabilities
Display Adapter	Intel® GMA 3100
Serial Ports	One (1) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
USB Ports	Six (6) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	Six (6) AGP Ports; One (1) PCI-E1 Slots; One (1) PCI-E16 Slots; Two (2) PCI Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	82801GB ICH7 (SATA)
Network Interface	Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	Intel® 82801G
Optical Drive	Lenovo Group Limited DH48C2S
Hard Drive	WD1600AAJS
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 PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility PASSED
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:

RedHat Enterprise Workstation 5 Update 1 required manual installation of LAN driver v10.50.1.3, downloaded from: http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=153&pId=38

In the driver package, there is a install.sh. You must have a gcc compiler (c/c++ compiler) which can be installed while installing with the operating system. Open a terminal and execute the following commands

#cd "the path of install.sh"
#cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.46-0.12-obj/i386/smp/scripts/mod/modpost /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.46-0.12/scripts/mod/

Make sure the file copied correctly. Go to the directory where the driver is, and open a console. Execute the following commands:
#./install.sh
then chose "1"
then chose "y"
then chose "3"

The LAN card should work. If not, review the above steps.

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