System compatibility test
Compaq Deskpro Workstation AP250

Compaq Deskpro Workstation AP250

System specifications

CPU Single Slot 1:
Pentium III 733 MHz - 1 GHz
Chipset Intel 820
Expansion slots 5 PCI 1 AGP 2 ISA
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE 66/33
Intel AC'97 audio controller
Front Side Bus 133 MHz
Windows 2000 test results Windows Me test results
Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 733-MHz Pentium III
BIOS Compaq ver. 2.04  Date: 10/01/01
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage Used the secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 and Adobe Premiere 6.0
AGP Millennium Flex 3D
PCI 5 Adaptec 29160 SCSI controller
Windows-detected driver
Version: 5.0.2183.1
Date: 11/14/99
PCI 4
PCI 3 RT2000 codec card
PCI 2
PCI 1 Netgear network card
Model: FA310-TX
Version: 4.54.16.0
Date: 10/19/99
ISA 2  
ISA 1  

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000.
  2. Intel's Chipset Utility driver, version 2.60.001a.
  3. Intel ATA Storage driver, version 6.10.

 

Windows Me test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 733-MHz Pentium III
BIOS Compaq version 2.04  date: 10/01/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0
AGP Millennium Flex 3D
PCI 5 Adaptec 29160 SCSI controller
Windows-detected driver
Version: 4.10.2001
Date: 06/08/00
PCI 4
PCI 3 RT2000 codec card
PCI 2
PCI 1 Netgear network card
Model: FA310-TX
Version: 4.90.3000
Date: 06/08/00
ISA 1
ISA 2

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Intel ATA Storage driver, version 6.10.
  2. Microsoft Hot Fix Patch, Q260233w2ksp2x86en.exe.

For more information, see http://www.compaq.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 April 11th, 2001

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