Motherboard compatibility test
ECS K7S6A
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Motherboard specifications
| Revision |
1.0 |
| CPU | Single Socket A
AMD Athlon XP |
| Chipset |
SiS 745 |
| Expansion slots |
5 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard Avance AC'97
audio controller |
| Front side Bus |
266 MHz |
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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 AMD Athlon XP 2000+ |
| BIOS |
AMI BIOS, version 1.0f Date: 11/03/2002 |
| 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 |
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 |
| PCI
3 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI 5 | Netgear FA310TX Network Adapter |
| 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 | SiS AGP driver, version 1.10 Date: 06/20/2002 |
Comments| • | Using the onboard sound device will cause erratic behavior. Please use one of the tested and validated sound cards instead. |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits
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For more information, see
http://www.ecsusa.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 June 16, 2003.
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