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Motherboard compatibility test
MSI 694D Pro 2

Motherboard specifications

CPU Dual Socket 370:
Pentium III 500 MHz - 1 GHz
Chipset VIA Apollo Pro 133A
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Promise FastTrak
Front Side Bus 133 MHz


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Dual 1-GHz Pentium III
BIOS Award version 5.0  date: 04/17/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used the onboard FastTrak
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5 
 PCI 4 
 PCI 3  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 2  Sound Blaster Live! CT4830
PCI 1 

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450   Version: 5.12.01.1250
Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.34v.
3 Sound Blaster Live! CT4830, version 5.12.01.3107.
4 Onboard Promise FastTrak, version 2.00 (Build 6) from MSI's website.

Comments
Disabled the USB controllers under Device Manager.

*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 10th, 2001


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