System Type:  Workstation
Test Completed:  July 21, 2003

The Viglen Contender is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following Linux distributions compatible with this system.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company	Viglen Ltd.
Model	Contender
BIOS  Revision	Award Medallion 6.0
Main Board and Chipset	Asus P4533-VM
Processor	Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
RAM	512MB
HBA	N/A
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	N/A
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)	Intel 82845G / GL 64MB
Serial  Ports	1
Parallel  Ports	1 (bi-directional)
USB  Ports	4
I/O Ports and Buses	zero (0) ISA slots; three (3) PCI slots; and one (1) AGP slot.
Network Interface	Intel Pro/100 VE
CDROM	Sony IDE CD-RW/DVD CRX300E
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	Realtek AC97 Audio
Floppy Drive	Standard 1.44MB IDE Floppy
Hard Drive	Western Digital 40GB IDE WD400BB-00DEA0
Keyboard	Viglen 101-Key Keyboard
Mouse	Mouse as tested is a standard PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	None

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	Sound card was found but the sound module detected was listed as 'disabled'. Module had to be manually selected for sound to work.	FAIL
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO / GRUB Compatibility		PASSED
Heavy I/O Test	(Not required for Workstation Test)	N/A
Network Test		PASSED
Network Load Test	(Not required for Workstation Test)	N/A
SMP Test	(Only required for multiprocessor systems)	N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
X Server Compatibility		PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility	Sound card did not auto probe successfully and had to be selected manually. Sound card module selected was 'AC97 using i810 Audio'.	PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility		PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility		PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Test		PASSED

Notes and Observations:

The sound card did not auto probe successfully and had to be selected manually. The sound card showed up as detected but the module was disabled. The correct module had to be downloaded from the www.alsa-project.org" website and installed. The direct URL to the driver/module is: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.5.tar.bz2 After manually selecting the 'AC97 using i810 Audio' the sound worked properly.

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