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Model	SUSE Linux Release	Hardware Support				Remark:
Model	SUSE Linux Release	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Other	Remark:
Dimension B110	10.2				Other	The RT2500 driver for my Linksys WMP54G v4 wireless card did not work out of the box. I am currently using ndiswrapper to make the wireless work. Also, when I attempt to get my mail through evolution, it crashes.
Dimension 3000	10.3				Other	10.3 installed with no issues. Added a GeForce FX5200 video card and another hard drive to the original desktop configuration.
Dimension 4600	10.1				Other	XGL works after downloading and installing the NVIDIA driver. However, you will have to used the "compiz" package that is ship with SuSE Linux on the (CDROM).
Dimension 8250	10.2				Other	Had to manually install NVIDIA driver, hotplug & hotplug-base, and had to configure alsasound in YAST system services for the SB EMU10k1X soundcard (this involved going to expert mode, checking the box for B and restarting the service. ragsx.
Dimension 8300	10.2					10.2 installed with no issues.
Dimension 8400	10.1 10.2				BIOS A09	Need BIOS A09 to work with out problems.
Dimension 9150	10.3				BIOS A05	Need BIOS A05 to work with out problems. Newer versions will not allow to detect USB keyboard. Download older BIOS from Dell ftp server if yours is newer. SUSE 10.1 and 10.2 do not have ethernet driver. Has to be downloaded from Intel web site.
Dimension XPS Gen 4	10.2				Other	some XGL effects work after loading driver for Nvidia GeForce 6800, 1600x1200 available
Dimension E310	10.2				BIOS A03	Intel Pentium 4HT. Everything works,On board graphics works 3d works till you run Compiz/Beryl theme managers then goes to text prompt
Dimension E510	10.2				BIOS A07	Intel Pentium D. Got to install menu but keyboard/mouse wouldent work,could not install. DONT try this
Dimension E510	10.3					Intel Pentium 4HT (Prescott 630). Installs, everything detected, including Intel945 graphics and on-board (Sigmatel) sound. Runs fine.
OptiPlex GX270 w/ 82865G chipset Viewsonic VP211b Monitor	10.1				Other	Video immediately failed after installation, leaving me with 800x600 screen. A lot of alterations later I ended up with correct setup. Briefly the steps are: (1)Updated BIOS from A03 to A07. (2) Changed BIOS video memory setting from 1 to 8 MB. (3) Tried updating drivers by installing dri-Intel*.rpm from intel site and it failed... but it did not matter as i810 was already there. (4) Downloaded 865patch along with its "865suse patch". Patched 865patch with "865suse patch" and then compiled and installed 865 patch as a service boot.865patch and rebooted. (5) Still no success in setting my display above 1024x768. Then I noticed SuSE installed a patch called 855resolutions, which I cannot uninstall as xorg depends on it. So I moved /etc/boot.videobios to /etc/boot.videobios.backup (this is installed by 855resolutions) to prevent it from changing BIOS setting that 865patch was changing during bootup. BTW with 865patch, I set video memory to 32MB. Rebooted once again. (6) Still not getting over 1024x768... Then I changed the selected monitor as Viewsonic VP201MB instead of Viewsonic VP211b. Then I could get 1600x1200. Still checking on 3D accel.
Optiplex GX280	10.2				Other	Everything works without a glitch.
Optiplex GX520	10.1				Other : Bios A05, A11	On first Dell splash screen hit F2 to enter the BIOS. Change SATA Operation to Combination mode. Installation works fine after that. If you have an LCD-monitor you might have to change the resolution during the installation. When the first Suse installation screen appears hit the F3-button and change the resolution to 800x600 for example. When the installation is done change the resolution with Yast. USB keyboard does not function with BIOS A11 when trying to boot OpenSUSE 10.3.
OptiPlex GX620 w/ 945 chipset	10.1				Other : A11 Bios	xgl works out of the box make sure to disable TPM protection in BIOS before install. A11 bios from Dell inactivate the USB keyboard in Grub. Stay up to the A10 Bios who work well
Precision 690 w/ Intel 5000X chipset	10.1				Other	sata drives with raid 0/1 work fine. The 690 comes with a dual core x86-64 processor. You will not get the normal warning when installing the plain x86 version of Suse.
Precision 390	10.2					sata drives with raid 1 work correctly
Optiplex 745	10.2				n series	Graphic Card ATI Radeon X1300 is very hard to install, first you won't get any 3D, but the graphics will flow quiet well, What I did is to start by simple resolution 800x600 then I add the ATI reps. and install the ATI drivers on the kernel, after that SuSe will reboot and tell you that the installation of the OS has failed this time will begin with the new ATI drivers and the graphic card will appear on the hardware detection.
Optiplex 320	10.2, 10.3				n series	For 10.2 & Bios 1.1.4:Graphic ATI Radeon X300 integrated. Some fixable issues found with GRUB, SATA HD and bios clock, Use the kernel parameter linux pci=nomsi; and Lilo boot loader. More information of how to resolve them here [1] http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=34172 For 10.3 & Bios 1.1.10: ACPI issues, had to use acpi=off when booting, otherwise it won't boot properly. Everything else works including GRUB. Opti.320 not the best choice. ~ragsx~.
Dimension E520n	10.2				n series	10.2 install does not recognize USB keyboard (Hold Shift key down when booting into install will allow use of the keyboard). Using nVidia 256mb Video Card NV drivers are not recognized, do not install the nvidia repostery until SuSE and Nvidia solve this problem.
Dimension E521	10.2 (X86-64)				USB mouse and keyboard	The BIOS must be upgraded from version 1.0.3 (2006-10-02) to 1.1.4 (2007-01-01). Before upgrading the BIOS I experienced frequent mouse and rare keyboard lockups. I still need to use kernel option "acpi=noirq" to boot successfully. "Turn Off Computer" and "Suspend" works in KDE. When the machine is waking up from "Suspend", it gives an error message occasionally: "Suspend Failed". SOUND OUTPUT WORKS, but sound inputs (line and microphone) do not work (using the integrated sound card). SYSTEM INFORMATION: Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.2-34-default x86_64
Dimension 2100	10.2				BIOS A14	Intel Pentium 4, Celeron 1.1 ghz, 256MB memory, 40 gig HD . Intel CAE810E motherboard. Replaced CD drive with new CD Read/Writer before install as original too old. Successfully installed from new CD read/writer. Successful sound is an Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371. Intel 810e graphics. USB works fine with webcam, printer, and digital camera (added external USB hub for extra USB ports).
Dimension 2350	10.2				BIOS A01	Intel Pentium 4, 1.8 ghz, 1 gig memory, 100 gig HD , Seems to install perfectly with CD or DVD. Default graphics are great. After reboot got ACPI error. Checked BIOS didn't work on either S1 or S3 setting. Installed great on my HP Pavillion 512n. Need Help.
Dimension 2350	8.2				BIOS A01	Intel Pentium 4, 1.8 ghz, 1 gig memory, 100 gig HD , Seems to install perfectly with CD or DVD. Default graphics are great. After reboot goes to Linux prompt. Installed great on my HP Pavillion 512n. Need help.
Optiplex 755N,DualCore E2160	10.3				Monitor DELL E178FPW	Video cart ATI RADEON X1300 support 3D using http://www2.ati.com/suse/10.3/ repository. I ended using 32bits OS version instead of 64 due to issues when installing java (jre 1.6) plugin for FireFox. Overall works great. ~ragsx~.

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