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Motherboard compatibility test
Supermicro X6DAL-XTG





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Motherboard specifications

CPU

Dual-socket 604
Intel Xeon

Chipset

Intel 7525

Expansion slots

1 PCI Express
2 PCI
2 PCI-X (66 MHz)

Storage

2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
2 x SATA
4 x Adaptec SATA controller

I/O

Avance Logic AC'97 audio controller
Intel 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet  network controller
USB

Front side bus

800 MHz


Windows XP test results
Tested configuration

CPU 

Dual Xeon 3.0 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)

BIOS

AMI version 1.1c Date: Apr/01/2005

Memory

1 GB DDR2

Storage 

System drive on a serial ATA channel.

Software

Matrox X.tools build 6122 with Hotfix 2 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 


Installed expansion cards
PCI
slot #		 Slot type Card installed
1

PCI Express (x16)

Gigabyte GV-NX59128D
2

PCI (32-bit)

—
3

PCI (32-bit)

Matrox RT.X
4

PCI-X (66 MHz)

—
5

PCI-X (66 MHz)

—

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Updates
2

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 6.3.1.1004
(downloaded from the Supermicro website)

3

Intel 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet network controller, version 7.4.19.0 Date: Mar/12/2004
(installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard)

4

Avance Logic AC'97 audio controller, version 5.10
(installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard)

5

Adaptec SATA controller, version 2.01.021
(downloaded from the Supermicro website)

6

Microsoft .NET Framework, version 1.1 Date: Mar/30/2004

7

Matrox PCI Optimizer
8

Matrox RT.X patch for Intel 7525 Chipset

Comments
• In the system BIOS, set Hyper-Threading to Enable.

Tested PCI Express display cards
Card Driver 16* 32*
Gigabyte GV-NX59128D

Version 81.95
Date: Nov/22/2005

 Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
  Card   Driver   PCI  
Avance Logic AC’97 audio controller Version 5.10
Date: N/A		 Onboard


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


For more information, see http://www.supermicro.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 February 19th, 2006.


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