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Motherboard compatibility test
Soyo SY-K7VTA-B

Motherboard specifications

CPU Socket A:
Single Athlon 750 MHz - 1GHz
Socket A:
Single Duron 600 - 850 MHz
Chipset VIA Apollo KT133
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
1 ISA
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE ATA 100 & ATA 66/33
VIA AC'97 audio controller
Front Side Bus 133 MHz



Windows Me test results


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 850-MHz AMD Duron
BIOS Award version 2AA2 date: 12/27/00
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

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

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01		 Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G400 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01		 Yes Yes
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64MB   Version 1.04
Date: 09/09/00		 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V7100   Version 6.5
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB   Version 5.13.01.192
Date: 04/07/01		 Yes No
Creative Annihilator 2   Version: 6.5
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac Ultra   Version 6.5
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000.
2 Microsoft Hot Fix Patch, Q260233w2ksp2x86en.exe.
3 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.28.
4 VIA AC'97 audio controller from Soyo, version 1.20, date: 01/19/01.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows Me test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 850-MHz AMD Duron
BIOS Award version 2AA2  date: 12/27/00
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

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

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 4.12.01.1750 Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G400 Version 4.12.01.1750 Yes Yes
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64MB   Version 1.04
Date: 09/09/00		 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V7100   Version 6.31f
Date: 12/22/00		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 4.12.3056
Date: 09/19/00		 Yes Yes
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB   Version 4.12.6292
Date: 09/04/00		 Yes Yes
Creative Annihilator 2   Version: 4.12.01.0650
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac Ultra   Version 4.12.01.0650
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 
1 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.28.
2 VIA AC'97 audio controller from Soyo, version 1.20, date: 01/19/01.

Comments
• To use a non-Matrox display card on a Windows Me system, you must check your Matrox RT2500's BIOS version, and if needed, download and run the Matrox Flex 3D BIOS updater as explained in the RT2500 utilities and fixes section in the Matrox RT2500 software area.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


For more information, see http://www.soyo.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 July 12th, 2001


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