Motherboard compatibility test
Supermicro P4SBA+

Motherboard specifications Revision 1.2 CPU Single Socket 478: Pentium 4 1.3 - 2.2 GHz + Chipset Intel 845 Expansion slots 6 PCI 1 AGP Storage I/O Onboard ultra DMA 66/100 Onboard AC'97 Front Side Bus 400 MHz

Windows 2000 test results

Windows XP test results Tested configuration CPU  Single 1.9-GHz Pentium 4 BIOS Award version 6.0  date: 08/27/01 Memory 256-MB SDRAM Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector Software Matrox Video Tools version 3.1b and Adobe Premiere 6.0 Installed expansion cards  PCI 6  —  PCI 5  —  PCI 4  RT2500 codec card  PCI 3  —  PCI 2  — PCI 1  — Tested AGP display cards Card Driver 16* 32* Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021 Date: 25/10/01 Yes Yes Asus AGP-V7100 Version 23.11 Date: N/A Yes Yes Hercules 3D Prophet 3 Version 9031 Date: N/A Yes Yes Additional required software We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 3.20.1008. 2 AC'97 audio controller, version 2.30.17.0, date: 03/24/00 from Supermicro's website. Windows 2000 test results Tested configuration CPU  Single 1.9-GHz Pentium 4 BIOS Award version 6.0  date: 08/27/01 Memory 256-MB SDRAM Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector Software Matrox Video Tools version 3.1b and Adobe Premiere 6.0 Installed expansion cards  PCI 6  —  PCI 5  —  PCI 4  —  PCI 3  —  PCI 2  — PCI 1  RT2500 codec card Tested AGP display cards Card Driver 16* 32* Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021 Date: 10/25/01 Yes Yes Asus V7100 Version 23.11 Date: N/A Yes Yes Hercules 3D Prophet 3 Version 9031 Date: N/A Yes Yes Additional required software We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000. 2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 3.20.1008. 3 AC'97 audio controller, version 5.1.2535.0, date: 01/27/01 from Supermicro's website. *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 July 31, 2002 List of validated motherboards