Motherboard compatibility test
Intel D845PESV




Motherboard specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 845PE
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH4:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
I/O ADI 1981A audio controller
Front side Bus 400/533 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
Front Side Bus 533 MHz
BIOS Intel version P09 Date: N/A
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 5078 and Adobe Premiere Pro

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3 FA310TX Rev-D2 Netgear Network Controller
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6

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 5.00.2.1003 Date: 08/27/2003
3 Onboard ADI 1981A audio controller, version 5.12.01.3516b Date: 01/07/2003 (Downloaded from the Intel web site)

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8460 Ultra Version 45.23
Date: 08/13/2003
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO Version 6.14.10.6378
Date: 09/04/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
5
Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo III Version 6.09
Date: 02/28/2003
5
Onboard ADI 1981A audio controller Version 5.12.01.3516b
Date: 01/07/2003
Onboard


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits



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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 November 17, 2003.

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