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Motherboard compatibility test
ECS K7S5A

Motherboard specifications

CPU Single Socket A:
AMD Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP
1.8 GHz +
Chipset SiS 735
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100
Onboard SiS 7012 audio driver (AC'97)
Onboard SiS 900 PCI Fast ethernet adapter
Front Side Bus 266 MHz



Windows 2000 test results


Windows XP test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.8-GHz Athlon XP
BIOS AMI version: 1016  date: 10/16/01
Memory 256-MB DDR SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021
 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3276
Date: 10/15/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 8500   Version 6.13.3276
Date: N/A		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 21.83
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 2.3.1.1
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 SiS 735 AGP VxD driver, version 1.07 from ECS.
2 SiS 7012 audio driver (AC'97), version 5.12.1.3000, date: 02/14/01, from ECS.
3 SiS 900 PCI Fast ethernet adapter, version 1.14.01, date: 10/03/01, from ECS.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.8-GHz Athlon XP
BIOS AMI version: 1016  date: 10/16/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021
 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 21.83
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3276
Date: 10/15/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 21.83
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 21.83
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500   Version 9.015 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 SiS 735 AGP VxD driver, version 1.07 from ECS.
3 SiS 7012 audio driver (AC'97), version 2.47, date: 02/14/01, from ECS.
4 SiS 900 PCI Fast ethernet adapter, version 1.14.01, date: 10/03/01, from ECS.

*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 December 1, 2001


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