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Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS A7M266-D




Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.03
CPU Dual socket A
AMD Athlon MP
Chipset AMD 760 MPX
Expansion slots 3 32-bit PCI
2 64-bit PCI
1 AGP
Storage Ultra DMA 100/66/33 EIDE
controller
I/O C-Media CMI8738 6-channel PCI
audio controller
Front side Bus 200/266MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Dual AMD Athlon MP 1800+
Front Side Bus 266 MHz
BIOS Award version 1010 Date: 03/18/2003
Memory 512 MB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel.
Software Matrox X.tools build 6122 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Millennium P750
PCI 1
PCI 2 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3
PCI 4 Netgear FA310TX Rev.02 network card
PCI 5

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 AMD AGP driver, version 5.33 Date: May 2002
3 AMD bus master IDE driver, version 1.43S Date: March 2002
4 C-Media CMI8738/C3DX audio driver, version: 5.12.01.0630 Date: 01/31/2002
(downloaded from the ASUS web site)

Comments
This motherboard requires you to install Matrox RT.X in a 64-bit, 66-MHz slot. For more information on slot ordering conventions, see Expansion slot numbering at Matrox.

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium P750 Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
3
Onboard C-Media CMI8738
6-channel PCI audio controller
Version: 5.12.01.0630
Date: 01/31/2002
Onboard


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits



For more information, see http://www.asus.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, 2003.

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