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Linux Compatibility TestedMSI 815EP Pro
Linux Compatibility Testing Results


System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2001-02-02

MSI 815EP Pro is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the MSI 815EP Pro:


  •  SuSE 6.4
  •  RedHat 6.2
  •  Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
  •  TurboLinux 6.0

  • This document presents the compatibility testing results.

    System Configuration

    The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

    System Configuration as Tested
    Company MSI
    Model MSI 815EP Pro
    BIOS Revision 12/21/2000-i815E-W83627-6A69RM4EC-00
    Main Board and Chipset MSI 815EP Pro with the Intel® I815 chipset
    Processor(s) Intel® (Coppermine) 733 MHz
    RAM 
    HBA 
    Motherboard Features and Capabilities 1. Supports ACPI Power Management S1, S3, S4, S5;
    2. Supports WOL, WOR, K/B Power-on;
    3. Supports PnP and overclock (Bus ratio & FSB);
    4. Desktop Management Interface function.
    Display Adapter ATI® Expert 98
    Serial Ports Two (2) 16550 compatible
    Parallel Ports One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
    USB Ports Two (2) USB 2
    I/O Ports and buses One (1) AGP Ports; Six (6) PCI Slots;
    Host Bus Adapter 
    Network Interface Intel® i82559 onboard NIC
    Audio Chipset / Sound Card 
    Optical Drive IDE/ATAPI
    Hard Drive 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.

    TestCommentResult
    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

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