Motherboard compatibility test
Supermicro P4DC6+II




Motherboard specifications

CPU Dual socket 603
Xeon
Chipset Intel 860
Expansion slots 4 32-bit PCI
2 64-bit PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH2:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE

Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI controller:
Dual SCSI controller
I/O Intel AC'97 audio controller
Intel PRO/100 network controller
Front side Bus 400 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Dual Pentium 4 Xeon 2.0 GHz
Front Side Bus 400 MHz
BIOS Phoenix version 1.3 Date: 06/27/03
Memory 512 MB RDRAM
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
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
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

Comments
This motherboard requires you to install Matrox RT.X in a 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI slot. For more information on slot numbering conventions, see Expansion slot numbering at Matrox.

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.91.008
Date: 08/29/2003
Yes Yes
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Version: Audigy 2 DriverPack 3
Date: 05/09/2003
4


*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 January 29, 2004.

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