Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4B




Motherboard specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 845
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH4:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
I/OIntel AC'97 audio controller
Front side Bus 400 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
BIOS Award version 1012 Date: 08/21/2002
Memory 512 MB 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
PCI 5 Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller
PCI 6

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 5.00.1012 Date: 12/12/2003
3Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller, version 4.56.16.0 Date: 07/01/2002
Windows-detected driver was installed.

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

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Version 5.12.5.441
Date: 10/21/2003
4
Onboard Intel AC'97 audio controllerVersion 5.1.2535.0
Date: 07/01/2001
Onboard


*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 June 22, 2003.

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