Dell Optiplex GX280
Desktop - S.L. 303
Installed sucessfully with Scientific Linux 3.0.3. Everything works properly except for 3D graphics.
The Good
Everything installed without having to do any tweeking.
The Bad
Only the VESA driver works with video, so there is no 3D.
It is only S.L. 303 that everything installed out of the box. In S.L. 301, it didn't recognize the SATA drives. In S.L. 302, the ethernet driver didn't work.
Extra Steps Needed
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub PCI Express Port 0 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB2 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub Audio (rev 03) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub LPC (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub PATA (rev 03) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub SATA cc=ide (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub SMBus (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b60 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b70 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
lspci -vv