= Dyne:bolic Hardware Compatability Page = I have tested dyne:bolic 1.1.1 on the following hardware, and here's how it fared... ''Note:'' the PCI cards that worked after modprobe may not have been auto-detected because pcimodules dumps core on my test computer :( == Computers == . || Dell Dimension L500cx || Perfect, except for Armagetron which, on five out of 8 "identical" machines, locks the computer solid, leaving a pink pastel random-pixel flashing random image on the screen, and mplayer crashing out. || || Compaq Deskpro 5150 (150 MHz Pentium non-MMX) || No. The system doesn't seem to boot off CDROMs. || || Compaq Deskpro 2000/5200MMX || Perfect, except that mplayer crashes out. || || Compaq Deskpro 2000/5233MMX || Perfect, except that mplayer crashes out. || || Gateway 2000 || 1.0 & 1.1.1 are said to be OK! || || Sony Vaio || 1.0 and 1.1.1 are said to be OK! || || Dell Latitude CPx H500GT || text mode yes, X no (see ATI Rage Mobility below) || || HP pavilion ze5400 || Yes, but limited to 800x600 (not fullscreen), can't see pen drive. || || Dell Inspiron 8600 || (w/ Radeon 9600) Yes, but limited to 800x600 and some windows don't fit on scree due to wide aspect ratio, no audo. || || Dell latitude 700mhz || (No problem fantastic !) with ati 16... || || IBM Netfinity 3500 m10 Dual 500mhz || (No problem fantastic !) with S3 Savage 2000 AGP Video... || || HP pavilion ze4500 || Almost Yes, but troubles with ACPI. At the boot prompt, try acpi=no || || Dell latitude C600 850mhz || Yes works fine and works with Cisco LM 340 card bus wireless card || ||<^>IBM ThinkPad T30||<^>Works just fine for me. No suspend/hibernation powersave mode, but who cares. || == Processors == . || Intel Pentium MMX 200 & 233 MHz [Compaq Deskpro 2000/5200MMX & 5233MMX] || Yes, but mplayer and pcimodules crash out with illegal instruction. || || Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz [Compaq Deskpro 2000/5233MMX] || Yes, but mplayer and pcimodules crash out with illegal instruction. || || Intel Pentium II 350Mhz [80523PY350512PE SL2U4 - Philippines] || Yes, but not thoroughly tested (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || || Intel Celeron (Mendocino) 500 MHz [Dell Dimension L500cx] || Yes, but mplayer crashes out with illegal instruction. || || AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor 400 MHz and 500 MHz || Yes, but mplayer and pcimodules crash out with illegal instruction. || || Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) || Yes! || || AMD XP1900+ Palamino 1600MHz || Yes, no strangeness to report. || || AMD XP2000+ Thoroughbred *MHz || Yes, no strangeness to report. || || AMD XP2500+ Barton 2033MHz/214MHz-FSB || Yes, but not thoroughly tested. (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || || AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 1800MHz || Yes, no strangeness to report. || == Motherboards == . || Model || Works? || Comments || || MSI K7NF2 Delta-L Ultra 400 || Yes, but not thoroughly tested || (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || == Memory == . || Size || Type || No. of Sticks & Sizes || Controller || Comments || || 768MB || DDR/PC3200 || 2 / 512MB + 256MB || Nforce2 Dual Channel Mode || || == IDE controllers == . || Chip || Works? || || SiS530 || Yes! || || VIA VT82C586B || Yes! || || Intel 82371 PIIX4 || Yes! || || Nvidia Nforce2 ATA || Yes! But not thoroughly tested (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || == USB controllers == . || Name || Type || Works? || || Intel 82801AA (Rev 02) (in Dell L500cx) || UHCI || Yes with usb-uhci but Nokia 5510 crashes the machine || || SiS USB 1.0 Controller || OHCI || Don't know - pcimodules gets illegal instruction || == On-board video chips == . || Name || Chip || Bus || Works? || || S3 Trio 64V2/GX || 86C785 || PCI || Yes! || || Dell Dimension L500cx || i810 || PCI || All except armagetron on 5 out of 8 machines || == Video cards == . || Name || Chip number || Bus || Works? || || ATI Radeon 9200 SE || RV280(?) || PCI || No. When X starts, It blinks and then says it cannot find the device in any video mode. || || ATI Radeon 9600 Pro || || ? || No. As soon as it gets past "Loading initrd..." we just get a black screen || || ATI Radeon 9600 128MB || || AGP || X Works fine here. (specific model unknown) || || ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x || ? || AGP || No. As soon as it switches to graphic mode, the screen goes black and then fades slowly and plasmagorically to white || || S3 Trio 3D/2X "On Board" || 86C368 || AGP || Yes! || || S3 Trio 64V+ SPIDER BIOS || || PCI || Yes but: 1) Image is offset 1cm to the left and has 1cm black border at bottom. 2) Splash screen tab edges have white and black guy ropes & moving the splash screen right leaves a white blob on the screen at tab left bottom. || || S3 Trio 64V+ Diamond Multimedia || || PCI || As above. Armagetron gives black screen but doesn't crash the computer. || || S3 Trio 32 || 86C732-P || PCI || As above. || || SIS6326 AGP 4MB || SIS6326 || AGP || Yes, but not fully tested (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || || Tseng Labs ET6000 (BIOS V1.4) || ET6000 || PCI || Yes! (FB) || || Cirrus Logic (CL/Quadtel video BIOS) || CL-GD5343-QC-F || PCI || Well, er.. yes, sort of. Looks like my card has dodgy VRAM. || || Matrox MGA Mystique || MGA-1064SG-H || PCI || Yes! 1024x768! || || 2 the MAX || ARK1000PV || PCI || No. X doesn't start up. || || Trident || TVGA9000B || ISA-16 || No. X doesn't start up. || || NVIDIA Geforce 4 MX440 64MB || || || Yes, no strangeness to report. || || NVIDIA FX5200 128MB || || || Yes, no strangeness to report. || || Voodoo 3 || || || Yes, no strangeness to report. || || NVIDIA FX56000 VTDR 128MB (MSI) || - || AGP || Yes, but not thoroughly tested, did not try TV out/in. (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || || NVIDIA Geforce 5700 Ultra || ||AGP || No. When desktop loads, Monitor cannot synch. (LGP Flatron L1750S) || == Display == . || Monitor || Works? || Comments || || Compac P700 Trinitron 17" || Yes || 60Hz Refresh Rate shifts screen far to the right (dyne:bolic 1.4.1) || == Ethernet cards == . || Name || Chip || Bus || Works? || || 3Com Etherlink III PCI 3x590 TPO || || PCI || Yes, after modprobe 3x59x & pump || || 3Com Etherlink XL PCI 3C900-COMBO || || PCI || Yes, after modprobe 3x59x & pump || || 3Com 3C905-TX || || PCI || Yes, after modprobe 3c59x & pump || || 3Com Etherlink III 3x509 || || ISA-16 || Yes, after modprobe 3c509 & pump || || 3Com Etherlink III 3x509-COMBO || || ISA-16 || Yes, after modprobe 3c509 & pump || || 3Com Etherlink III 3x509B || || || ||