Motherboard compatibility test
AOpen AX4C
Max II
 |
Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 875P |
| Expansion
slots |
6 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage |
South Bridge Intel
ICH5R:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
2 x serial ATA RAID
Promise
PDC20378:
1 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
2 x serial ATA RAID |
| I/O |
Broadcom
NetXtreme
Gigabit network controller
Realtek AC'97 audio
controller
USB v2.0 |
| Front side
Bus |
533/800 MHz |
|
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
(Hyper-Threading enabled) |
| Front
Side Bus |
800 MHz |
| BIOS |
Version 1.03 Date: 08/23/2003 |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR RAM |
| Storage |
System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel. |
| Software |
Matrox X.tools build 5078 and Adobe
Premiere Pro |
| Installed
expansion cards |
| AGP |
Matrox Parhelia |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI
5 |
— |
| PCI
6 |
Matrox RT.X |
| Additional required software |
| We installed patches and drivers in the following order: |
| 1 |
Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Updates, and Driver Updates |
| 2 |
Intel Chipset Software
Installation Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003 |
| 3 |
Intel Application
Accelerator, version 3.5.2 Date: 09/18/2003 |
| 4 |
Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
network controller, version 3.35 Date: 04/16/2003 |
| 5 |
Onboard Promise serial ATA RAID
controller, version 1.00.0.19 Date: 04/16/2003 |
| 6 | Matrox PCI Optimizer |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits |
For more information, see
http://www.aopen.com.
The
information in this document is subject to change. For the latest updates to
this information, please check this site often. Matrox does not guarantee that
the hardware listed as recommended will perform adequately to meet any
particular customer's needs. This document shows our results at the time of
testing. Changes to these systems may have occurred since completion of our
tests. Contact the motherboard and computer system vendor for particular BIOS
versions. Other untested computer systems may provide adequate performance;
however, you may experience configuration difficulties. This document was last
updated January 23,2004.
List of
validated motherboards |
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