Motherboard compatibility test
Asus A7A266

Motherboard specifications

CPU Single Socket A:
AMD Athlon XP 1.2 + GHz
Chipset ALi MAGiK1 M1647
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE ATA 33/66/100
C-Media CM-8738 audio controller
Front Side Bus 266 MHz


Windows Me test results


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.8 - GHz AMD Athlon XP
BIOS Award version 6.0 date: 09/27/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5 
 PCI 4  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 3 
 PCI 2 
PCI 1 

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 ALi driver pack, version 1.72.
3 C-Media CM-8738 audio controller, version 5.12.1.542, date: 30/10/00
Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits



Windows Me test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.8 - GHz AMD Athlon XP
BIOS Award version 6.0 date: 09/27/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (Preview Release 3 or later), and Adobe Premiere 6.0
 PCI 5 
 PCI 4  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 3 
 PCI 2 
PCI 1 

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 4.12.01.1750 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Ali driver pack, version 1.72.
2 C-Media CM-8738 audio controller, version 5.12.1.542, date: 30/10/00
Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard.

*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 November 15th, 2001


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