Motherboard compatibility test
Intel D925XECV2
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Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 775
Intel Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 925XE |
| Expansion
slots |
1 PCI Express (x16)
2 PCI Express (x1)
4 PCI |
| Storage |
South Bridge Intel ICH6:
1 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
4 x serial ATA |
| I/O |
Intel HD Audio Controller
Marvell Yukon 88E8050 PCI
Express Gigabit network controller |
| Front side
Bus |
800/1066MHz |
|
| Important BIOS version CV92510A.86A.0404 is not compatible with RT.X. If you install this version, Windows XP will fail to start (you will get a Windows blue screen). |
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single Pentium 4 3.4 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled) |
| Front
Side Bus |
1066 MHz |
| BIOS |
Intel version CV92510A.86A.0469 Date: 10/4/2005 |
| Memory |
1 GB DDR2 RAM |
| Storage |
System drive on a serial ATA channel. A/V drive on a second serial ATA channel. |
| Software |
Matrox X.tools build 6122 with Hotfix 2 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 |
| Installed
expansion cards |
| PCI
1 |
MSI PCX5750-TD128 |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI
5 |
— |
| PCI
6 | — | | PCI
7 | — |
| Additional required software |
| We installed patches and drivers in the following order: |
| 1 |
Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Updates |
| 2 |
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility version 6.2.1.1001 Date: 09/03/2004 |
| 3 |
Marvell Yukon 88E8050 PCI Express Gigabit network controller Version 7.24.1.3 Date: 12/02/2004
(downloaded from the Intel web site) |
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| 4 | Matrox PCI Optimizer |
| Comments | | • | The onboard ICH6R SATA controller is compatible only in a single-drive configuration
(that is, it is not supported when used in a RAID configuration). |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits |
For more information, see
http://www.intel.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 May 18, 2005.
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