Motherboard compatibility test
ECS
K7S6A
 |
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
100/66/33EIDE controller
Onboard Avance AC'97 audio controller |
| Front side
Bus |
200/266 MHz |
|
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single AMD Athlon XP 2100+ |
| Front
Side Bus |
266 MHz |
| 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 5078 and Adobe
Premiere Pro |
| 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
|
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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