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  Epox EP-4T2A
Latest Motherboards | Recommended Motherboards
Final Mark: 22/25
Testing Methodology
 
 Date August 13, 2001
 Author CrackMaster
 Manufacturer Epox  | All Epox Motherboards
 Language English, Romanian

Compatibility

I told you something before about Pentium 4 compatibility under Linux. Take care that you may experience problems at installation under several Linux distributions which fail to recognize the CPUID. But if you use a 2.4 kernel you should have no problems.
I tested the hardware compatibility with several devices I had in the lab. I was satisfied about the results: EP-4T2A was able to pass all tests with all peripherals. We didn't fully test every card feature but main features worked. We do not exclude subtle incompatibilities. All compatibility tests were done under Windows 2000 SP2.

Device Test result
USB Devices  
HP 930 USB Passed
HP DeskJet 1220C Passed
Epson Stylus Photo 890 Passed
ACTLabs ForceRS racing system Passed
Genius Vivid Pro scanner Passed
USB Load tests (4 devices) Passed
Memory tests  
Kingston 128Mb RAMBUS 800 Passed
Corsair 256Mb RAMBUS 800 ECC Passed
PCI cards  
Pinnacle DV200 Passed
SMC EZ Card 10/100 SMC1244TX Passed
3Com 3C980C-TXM 10/100 Passed
Genius GF100TXR 10/100 Passed
Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 Passed
Initio Speedway INI-A100U2W
Passed
Promise Technology FastTrack 100 TX2
Passed
Matrox Millenium G200 Passed
Matrox Millenium G400 Passed
Abit Siluro T400 Passed
MSI 822 (NVidia Geforce3) Passed
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum Passed
PCI load tests (5 PCI devices) Passed

I didn't try the CNR functionality but even if it doesn't work it isn't a big waste :). By the way you should hear about the experiences of one of my colleagues with a CNR modem. It helped me decide never to use it.


 

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Contents
Inside the article:
Page 1 NetBurst architecture
Page 2 Even more NetBurst
Page 3 First look
Page 4 Specifications
Page 5 Installation
Page 6 Compatibility
Page 7 Overclocking
Page 8 WinStone Performance
Page 9 SysMark / Quake / Linux
Page 10 Conclusions
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