Motherboard compatibility test
AOpen AX4C
Max II
 |
Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 875P |
| Expansion
slots |
6 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage |
South Bridge Intel
ICH5R:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
2 x serial ATA RAID
Promise
PDC20378:
1 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
2 x serial ATA RAID |
| I/O |
Onboard Broadcom
NetXtreme Gigabit
network controller
Onboard Realtek AC'97
audio
controller
USB v2.0 |
| Front side
Bus |
533/800 MHz |
|
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
(Hyper-Threading enabled) |
| Front
Side Bus |
800 MHz |
| BIOS |
Version R1.12 Date: 05/14/2004 |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR400 dual channel 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 Millenium P750 |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI
5 |
— |
| PCI
6 |
Matrox RT.X |
| 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 |
Intel Application
Accelerator (RAID Edition), version 3.5.3 Date: 11/12/2003 |
| 4 |
Onboard Broadcom BCM570X, version 3.35
Date: 04/16/2003
(downloaded from the AOpen web site) |
| 5 |
Onboard Realtek AC'97 CODEC (ALC650),
version: 3.41, Date: 04/16/2003
(downloaded from the AOpen web site) |
| 6 |
Onboard Promise serial ATA RAID
controller, version 1.00.0.19 Date: 04/16/2003
(downloaded from the AOpen web site) |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits
| Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings. |
|
For more information, see
http://www.aopen.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 June 22, 2004.
List of validated
motherboards |
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