Motherboard compatibility test
Intel D845PESV




Motherboard specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 845PE
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH4:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
I/O ADI SoundMAX integrated
digital audio controller
USB v2.0
Front side Bus 400/533 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
Front Side Bus 533 MHz
BIOS Intel version P09 Date: N/A
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 6122 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Millennium P750
PCI 1
PCI 2 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3 3Com 3C905-TX network controller
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6

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 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 5.1.1.1002 Date: 12/12/2003
3 3Com 3C905-TX network controller, version 4.56.16.0 Date: 07/01/01
Windows-detected driver was installed.

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Millennium P750 Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
5
Onboard ADI SoundMAX
integrated digital audio controller
Version 5.12.01.3516b
Date: 01/07/2003
Onboard


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings.


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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 June 22, 2004.

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