System compatibility test
IBM Intellistation M Pro 6230-36U




System specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 875P
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 EIDE controller
Onboard serial ATA Controller
Onboard Intel PRO/1000 CT network controller
Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controller
Onboard USB v2.0
Front side Bus 400/533/800 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (Hyper-Threading Enabled)
Front Side Bus800 MHz
BIOS IBM version T6E111A Date: 08/13/2003
Memory 1024 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 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3
PCI 4
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 5.01.1015 Date: 09/02/2003
3Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controller, version 5.19 Date: 08/28/2003
(downloaded from the IBM web site)
4Onboard Intel PRO/1000 CT network controller, version 8.14 Date: 09/02/2003
(downloaded from the IBM web site)
5Matrox PCI Optimizer

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
Yes Yes
NVIDIA Quadro4 280 NVSVersion 45.23
Date: 08/28/2003
YesYes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Hercules Digifire 7.1 Version 6.09
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controllerVersion 5.19
Date: 08/28/2003
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 January 23,2004.

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