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Motherboard compatibility test
Asus A7M266

Asus A7M 266

Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.05
CPU Single Socket A:
AMD Athlon
600 MHz - 1.2 GHz
Chipset AMD 761
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 33/66/100
Cmedia CMI8738/C3DX
Front Side Bus 200-266 MHz


Windows XP test results


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.1 - GHz AMD Athlon
BIOS Award version 1005 date: 10/03/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  Netgear FA310TX Rev D2, version 4.54.16.0
Windows detected driver

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021
Date: 08/25/01		 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 21.83
 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3276
Date: 08/15/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 21.83 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500   Version 8.162a
Date: 28/09/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 AMD chipset driver, version 1.30.
3 CMI8738 IC3DX PCI audio controller, version 5.12.01.0607
Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows XP test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.1 GHz AMD Athlon
BIOS Award version 1006 date: 2/22/02
Memory 256 MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary IDE connector for A/V storage
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1b with Adobe Premiere 6.0 and Adobe Premiere 6.01 update

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  Netgear FA 310TX
version 4.56.16.0
Date: 7/1/01
Drivers installed by Windows XP

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.82.018
Date: 02/26/02		 Yes Yes
Asus V8200 T2   Version 2181a
 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 8500   Version 6.13.10.6037
Date: 03/20/02		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet III   Version 21.81
Date: 09/08/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet III Ti 200   Version 21.81
Date: 09/08/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 28.32
Date: 03/21/02		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Security Patch (Q315000), date: 12/19/01.

Comments
• If you experience repeated frames during an analog capture, please download this file and copy it to the system32 folder on your system drive.

*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 April 24, 2002.


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