Motherboard compatibility test
MSI MS-6528 LE

Motherboard specifications CPU Single Socket 478: Pentium 4 1.3 - 2.0 GHz Chipset Intel 845 Expansion slots 6 PCI 1 AGP Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66 C-media CMI8738 audio controller Front Side Bus 400 MHz

Windows 2000 test results

Windows XP test results Tested configuration CPU  Single 1.8-GHz Pentium 4 BIOS Award version: 1.2  date: 10/28/01 Memory 256-MB SDRAM Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0 Installed expansion cards  PCI 5  —  PCI 4  —  PCI 3  RT2500 codec card  PCI 2  — PCI 1  Netgear FA310TX Fast ethernet adapter WinXP-detected drivers. Tested AGP display cards Card   Driver 16* 32* Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021 Yes Yes Asus AGP-V8200   Version 2.3.1.1 Date: 10/29/01 Yes Yes ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 6.13.3276 Date: 10/15/01 Yes Yes Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 2.3.1.1 Date: 12/03/01 Yes Yes Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 2.3.1.1 Date: 12/03/01 Yes Yes Additional required software We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 1 Intel's Chipset Software Installation Utility, version V3.20.1008. 2 Intel's application accelerator, version 2.11.15.0, date: 11/27/01. 3 C-media CMI8738 audio controller, version 5.12.01.0630, date: 11/26/01. *16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits Windows 2000 test results Tested configuration CPU  Single 1.7 - GHz Pentium 4 BIOS Award version V1.1 date: 08/16/01 Memory 256-MB SDRAM Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 with Adobe Premiere 6.0 Installed expansion cards  PCI 6   —  PCI 5  —  PCI 4  —  PCI 3  RT2500 codec card  PCI 2  — PCI 1  Netgear LNE 100 TX fast Ethernet adapter, version 4.54, date: 10/19/99 Tested AGP display cards Card   Driver 16* 32* Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.71.014 Yes Yes Asus AGP-V8200   Version 21.83 Yes Yes ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3276 Date: 10/15/01 Yes Yes Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 5.13.01.21.81 Date: 10/26/01 Yes Yes Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 21.81 Yes Yes Hercules 3D Prophet 4500   Version 9.015 Yes Yes Additional required software We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000. 2 Intel's Chipset Software Installation Utility, version V3.20.10.08. 3 C-media CMI8738 audio controller, version 5.12.01.0624, date: 07/25/01 Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard. 4 During validation of this motherboard, we encountered random black flashes while playing back certain projects on Matrox RT2500. To avoid this problem, you should download and install the appropriate fix. Please follow the instructions outlined in the associated .txt file. *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 December 15th, 2001 List of validated motherboards