Motherboard compatibility test
AOpen AX4C
Max
 |
Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 875P |
| Expansion
slots |
5 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA 100
EIDE controller
Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit network
controller
Onboard dual-channel serial ATA controller
Onboard IEEE-1394
host controller
Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controller
Onboard Intel USB
v2.0
Onboard Promise serial ATA RAID controller |
| Front side
Bus |
800 MHz |
|
Important note
This motherboard has been tested
with Windows XP Professional only. Although we expect results to be the same
with Windows 2000, we cannot guarantee your results. Please note that Windows
98 and Windows Me are not supported with Matrox RT.X. |
Windows XP test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single Pentium 4 2.8 GHz |
| BIOS |
Phoenix Award version 1.03 Date:
04/14/2003 |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR RAM |
| Storage |
System drive and export drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive and CD-ROM drive on secondary EIDE channel. |
| Software |
Matrox X.tools build 4263 and Adobe
Premiere 6.5 |
| Installed expansion
cards |
| AGP |
Matrox Parhelia |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
5 |
— |
| 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 3.0 Date: 04/14/2003 |
| 4 |
Onboard Broadcom BCM570X, version 3.35
Date: 04/16/2003 |
| 5 |
Onboard Promise serial ATA RAID
controller, version 1.00.0.19 Date: 04/16/2003 |
*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 July 10, 2003.
List of
validated motherboards |
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