System compatibility test
 AOpen AX4PE Max

Motherboard specifications CPU Single socket 478 Pentium 4   Chipset Intel 845PE Expansion slots 6 PCI 1 AGP Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33 EIDE controller Onboar Serial ATA controller Onboard Realtek AC '97 audio controller Onboard Realtek network controller Onboard USB v2.0 Front Side Bus 533 MHz

Important note

This configuration uses a Hyper-Threading enabled CPU. You must therefore use Windows XP Professional, because this is the only operating system that supports a single CPU running in Hyper-Threading mode on DigiSuite.

Windows XP test results

Tested configuration CPU Single Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled) BIOS Phoenix  R1.04c  Date: 11/28/2002 Storage 256 MB DDR RAM Software DigiUtils 7.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.5 SCSI controller Adaptec 29160 Validated DigiSuite card sets Read more about expansion slot numbering at Matrox AGP Matrox Parhelia PCI 6 — PCI 5 Adaptec 29160 PCI 4 — PCI 3 Matrox MAX PCI 2 DigiSuite LE PCI 1 — AGP Matrox Parhelia PCI 6 — PCI 5 Adaptec 29160 PCI 4   PCI 3 Matrox MAX PCI 2 DigiSuite DTV PCI 1 — AGP Matrox Parhelia PCI 6 — PCI 5 Adaptec 29160 PCI 4 — PCI 3 Matrox MAX PCI 2 DigiSuite LX PCI 1 — Additional required software We installed patches and drivers in the following order: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Updates, and Driver Updates Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 4.10.1012 Date: 11/13/2002 Serial ATA driver, version R4.06 Date: 09/09/2002 Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controller, version 4.73 Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard USB 2.0 driver, version R1.06 Date: 11/18/2002 Onboard Realtek network controller Windows-detected drivers Matrox Parhelia, version 1.03.00.043 Date: 12/02/2002 You will also need to install the HTDS.exe patch Comments Reading or writing files on IDE drives is not supported with DigiUtils and associated software.

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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 April 21st 2003.

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