Xandros tests for compatibility against a wide variety of hardware devices and has compiled a list of devices that is believed to be compatible with Xandros Desktop. However, due to the number of models and variations, as well as the complexity of testing various combinations of hardware, Xandros cannot guarantee compatibility of all listed devices.

Video Cards

• 3DFX – Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4/5
• 3DLabs – Permedia V1-5, and Glint Series (300SX, 500TX, MX, R3 and R4
• ATI – Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and Radeon/VE/7000/7200/7500/8000/8500, Radeon 9000/9500/9700 are supported in vesa mode
• Cirrus Logic – Alpine (5430, 5434, 5436, 5446, 5480, 7548), and Laguna (5462, 5464, 5465) chips
• Intel – i740, i810 (including i810-dc100 and i810e) and i815
• Matrox – MGA2064W (Millennium I), MGA1064SG (Mystique), MGA2164W (Millennium II) (PCI and AGP), G100, G200, G400, G450, and G550
• nVidia – Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), Quadro, GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce3, GeForce2Go, GeForce4Go, Geforce4,Quadro2, Quadro4, and NForce 220D
• Number 9 – Imagine 128, Ticket 2 Ride, Revolution 3D and Revolution IV
• S3 – 964 (revisions 0 and 1), 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+, Trio64V2, and PLATO/PX, ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D and Trio3D/2X, Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, Savage2000, and SuperSavage,
• SiS – 530, 620, 6326
• Trident – TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000, TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B, TVGA9200CXr, TVGA8900D, TGUI9440AGi, TGUI9660, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682, ProVidia 9685, 3DImage975, 3DImage985, Blade3D, Cyber9320, Cyber9382, Cyber9385, Cyber9388, Cyber9397, Cyber9397/DVD, Cyber9520, Cyber9525/DVD CyberBlade/Ai1, CyberBlade/i7, CyberBlade/i1, CyberBlade/DSTN/Ai1, CyberBlade/DSTN/i7, CyberBlade/DSTN/i1, CyberBlade/e4, CyberBladeXP, BladeXP

The Xandros Desktop uses XFree86 4.2 which provides accelerated support for video cards based on these chipsets, most other modern video cards will function well using the standard VESA driver. Accelerated OpenGL support is available out of the box for compatible Matrox and nVIdia based cards.  For cards using the ATI Rage128 Chipset, OpenGL support can be added from Xandros Networks.

Supported Sound Hardware

• CMI8330 sound chip
• CMI8338/8378 sound chip
• Cardinal DSP16
• Compaq Deskpro XL onboard sound
• ESS Maestro 1/2/2E sound ship
• ESS Solo1
• ES1370, 1371 sound chip
• ESS 1788. 1868, 1869, 1877, 1888, 688
• Ensoniq AudioPCI/Ensoniq AudioPCI 97
• Ensoniq/Reveal SoundScape
• Gallant SC-6000, 6600
• Windows Sound System
• SoundBlaster PCI 16, 128, 256, 512
• SoundBlaster Live! (Value, Mp3, Gamer, Platinum)
• Turtle Beach (Maui, Classic, Fiji, Hurricane, Monterey, Tahiti, Maui, Tropez, Tropez+)
• Via 82Cxxx Sound Chipset
• Yamaha Olp 3-4
• AC97 Audio
  

This list may be incomplete, as it is a list of supported sound chipsets that are sold on a variety of models of sound cards or motherboard/laptops.  Only PCI or Onboard PCI Soundcards are supported by the Xandros Desktop.  ISA and Plug and Play ISA cards require manual configuration.

Supported Network Hardware

• 3COM – 3c450, 5xx series, 59x series, 90x series
• Realtek – 8029(AS), RTL-8129, RT8139
• D-Link – DFE-530TX, 550TX, 538TX, 690TXD, DL2K
• Macronix – MX98713, MX987x5, MX86250
• SMC – Lanepic, 83C170QF
• VIA – VT82C100A,VT85C100A
• Accton – EN1216,1217, 1207d
• Lite-On, (Linksys) – LNE100TX
• Allied Telesyn International – AT-2560, LA100PCI-t
• Bridgecom – LNE100TX
• Netgear – GA620, GA630
• Intel – EtherExpress Pro, 8254x, 8280x, 
• USB – ADMtek Pegasus – Ethernet-10/100/HomePNA (essentially all USB-Ethernet adapters supporting 100BaseT)
• USB – AnchorChips 2720 – Belkin F5U104, GeneSys GL-620USB-A, NetChip 1080, Prolific PL2301/2302
• USB – RTL8150 – Linksys Compact USB NIC

This list may be incomplete as it references the supported network card or network chipset.  Most PCI network interface cards are supported well under the Xandros Desktop.

Supported Input Devices

• Standard Microsoft Compatible PS/2 Mice
• Standard Microsoft Compatible PS/2 Keyboards
• Serial Mice
• Wacom Graphire Tablet/Mouse
• Any HID-Compliant USB Keyboard
• Any HID-Compliant USB Mouse
  

RAID Support

Most standard PCI SCSI RAID cards are well supported under Linux in general. IDE RAID controllers are not supported.

Supported IDE Chipsets

• ALI15x3
• SIS5513
• AMD7409 VIPER
• Promise PDC20268, PDC20267, PDC20265, PDC20262, PDC20263,  PDC20269, PDC20270, PDC20271, PDC20274, PDC20275
• AMD7411 VIPER+, AMD7411 OPUS
• Intel PIIX4 ICH2, ICH3 chipsets
• VIA 82c586/596/686
• High Point HPT 370a, 370, 302,371, 372, 374
  

Supported SCSI Controllers/Chipsets

• Adaptec AHA-2940/3940/U/W/AU/UW/U2W
• Adaptec AHA-2944D/WD/UD/UWD
• Adaptec AHA 19160/29160/39160
• AIC-7954, AIC-7855, AIC-7860
• Advansys ABP920, ABP930/U, ABP960/U, ABP940/U, ABP970/U, ABP950
• Mylex T-948, BT-958, BT-958D
• TMC-1800, TMC-18C50, TMC-18C30, TMC-36C70
• QLogic IQ-PCI, IQ-PCI-10, IQ-PCI-D
• NCR/Symbios Logic 53c8xx
• Bus Logic 946-C to 958-D
• Initio – NI-9090U INI-9100, INI-9100W/A/UW, INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW, INI-9520U/UW, INI-A100U2W
• TMC-16×0, TMC-3260
  

Supported External Storage Devices

• USB Compact Flash Drives
• Iomega Zip Parallel/USB
• USB Compact Flash/SD/MMC Readers
• USB CD-R/RW
• USB Thumbdrives
  

Supported Internet Devices

• Classic Modems (PCI/External/Non plug and play ISA)
• External DSL Connections (PPPoE Support Included)
• External Cable Modems
• Lucent Technology – Winmodem Support
• PCI/USB Lan Connections
  

Printer Support

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Multiple Processors

Version 1.1 of the Xandros Desktop will not install on systems with multiple processors or Intel Pentium 4 systems with Hyperthreading enabled.