Motherboard compatibility test
ECS K7S5A
 |
Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single Socket A
AMD Athlon |
| Chipset |
SiS 735 |
| Expansion
slots |
5 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33 EIDE controller
Onboard AC'97 audio controller |
| Front side
Bus |
200/266 MHz |
|
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single AMD Athlon XP 1500+ |
| Front
Side Bus |
266 MHz |
| BIOS |
AMI version 02/10/01 Date: 10/28/2002 |
| 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 5078 and Adobe
Premiere Pro |
| Installed expansion
cards |
| AGP |
Matrox Millennium P750 |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
Creative Sound Blaster Live! |
| 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 |
SiS AGP VXD driver, version 1.16a Date: 06/02/2003 |
| Comments |
Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings.
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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 October 27th, 2003.
List of
validated motherboards |
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