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    Video Capture: Compatibility with Motherboards & Systems

    Contents:

    • SYSTEM SETUP FOR BEST VIDEO CAPTURE AND PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE
    • MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY - GENERAL NOTES & COMPATIBILITY TABLE
    • AST BRAVO 486SX/25 MOTHERBOARD
    • COMPAQ XL4/66 SYSTEM - COMPATIBLE
    • COMPAQ SYSTEMPRO 486DX/33 MOTHERBOARD
    • GATEWAY 2000 4SX-33V 486SX/33 MOTHERBOARD
    • IBM VALUEPOINT 433DX MOTHERBOARD - CUSTOMER REPORT
    • OPTIMUM 486WB-66 MOTHERBOARD - CUSTOMER REPORT
    
    

    SYSTEM SETUP FOR BEST VIDEO CAPTURE AND PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE

    
       The video capture and playback performance of a system is based on the
    
       type and speed of the components that make up the system.  The faster
    
       the microprocessor, the video card, the controller and the hard drive,
    
       the better the video capture and playback performance will be.
    
    
    
       The following types of system components are recommended for best video
    
       capture and playback:
    
    
    
       System Bus:    PCI or VESA Local Bus systems that can use 32-bit PCI or
    
                      VESA Local Bus add-in boards
    
    
    
       Processor:     Intel486DX-50 or Intel486DX2-66, Pentium 60 or 90Mhz
    
    
    
       Video Card:    PCI or VESA Local Bus accelerated video cards that speed
    
                      up Windows performance
    
    
    
       Controller:    PCI or VESA Local bus SCSI or enhanced IDE hard drive
    
                      controllers
    
    
    
       Hard Drive:    SCSI or enhanced IDE hard drives with fast access speeds
    
                      and sustainable data rates 
    
    
    
       Ram:           32 MB
    
    
    
       Video Drivers: Minimum 640x480x256-colors
    
    
    
       Note:     A Windows compatible sound board is recommended for capture
    
       and playback PCs.
    
    
    
       For more detailed information regarding capturing video using a Pentium
    
       processor-based PC see document 8001 (The Pentium Processor PC: The
    
       Right Choice for Multimedia Computing.
    
    
    
    

    MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY - GENERAL NOTES & COMPATIBILITY TABLE

    
       An Intel486SX-25 microprocessor-based motherboard (or higher) is
    
       required to use the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
    
    
    
       The following table provides a list of motherboards that are compatible
    
       with the Intel Smart Video Recorder (ISVR) and Intel Smart Video
    
       Recorder Pro (ISVR Pro).  Unless otherwise noted, there are no known
    
       issues.  Customer report indicates that Intel has not tested the
    
       motherboard, the information was gathered from our technical support
    
       group while assisting a customer.
    
    
    
       Motherboard                                       ISVRISVR Pro
    
    
    
       ACIO 786 VESA 486DX2/66                           YesYes
    
       ALR Flyer 486DX2/66                               Customer report - Yes
    
       AMI Super Voyager 486DX2/66                       YesYes
    
       AMI Enterprise III 486DX2/66                      YesYes
    
       AST Bravo 486SX/25                                Yes - See notes.
    
       Compaq DeskPro 560M                               YesYes
    
    
    
       Compaq DeskPro 590XL                              YesYes
    
       Compaq DeskPro 486DX/25                           YesYes
    
       Compaq XL4/66                                     Yes - See notes.
    
       Compaq SystemPro 486DX/33                         Yes - See notes.Yes -
    
       See notes.
    
       Dell 486D33 486SX/33                              YesYes
    
       DELL Dimension XPS P60 COMPUTER                   YesYes
    
       Gateway 2000 4SX-33V 486SX/33                     Yes - See notes.Yes -
    
       See notes.
    
       GVT ISA/VESA 486DX2/66                            YesYes
    
       IBM Valuepoint 433DX                              Customer report - No
    
       -See note.
    
       Nice Green - VL/ISA 486DX2/66                     YesYes
    
       OPTI 486BL- Bus 486DX2/66                         YesYes
    
       OPTimum 486WB-66                                  Customer report - No -
    
       See notes.
    
       Packard Bell Legend 610 486SX/20                  YesYes
    
       USA Technologies 486DX2/66                        YesYes
    
    
    
    

    AST BRAVO 486SX/25 MOTHERBOARD

    
       The Intel Smart Video Recorder was tested with the AST Bravo 486SX/25
    
       motherboard and found to be compatible.
    
    
    
       Note:     I/O addresses 360 and 3B0 produced intermittent noise when
    
       used by the Intel Smart Video Recorder.  No other board in the system
    
       was set to either of these addresses.
    
    
    
    

    COMPAQ XL4/66 SYSTEM - COMPATIBLE

    
       You may get IRQ conflicts when installing the Intel Smart Video Recorder
    
       into the COMPAQ XL4/66 system as the SCSI is coded at IRQ 15, and on the
    
       board network is coded at IRQ 11. This means the Intel Smart Video
    
       Recorder board has to go to IRQ 9.
    
    
    
    

    COMPAQ SYSTEMPRO 486DX/33 MOTHERBOARD

    
       The Intel Smart Video Recorder and Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro were
    
       tested with the Compaq SystemPro 486DX/33 motherboard and found to be
    
       conditionally compatible.
    
    
    
       Use of IRQ 15 caused a conflict of unknown origin.  All other boards in
    
                 the system were set to use interrupts other than IRQ 15.
    
    
    
    

    GATEWAY 2000 4SX-33V 486SX/33 MOTHERBOARD

    
       The Intel Smart Video Recorder and Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro were
    
       tested with the Gateway 2000 4SX-33V 486SX/33 motherboard and found to
    
       be conditionally compatible.
    
    
    
       Use of IRQ 15 caused a conflict of unknown origin.  All other boards in
    
                 the system were set to use interrupts other than IRQ 15.
    
    
    
    

    IBM VALUEPOINT 433DX MOTHERBOARD - CUSTOMER REPORT

    
       A customer reported that the Intel Smart Video Recorder is incompatible
    
    
    
       with the IBM Valuepoint 433DX motherboard.
    
    
    
       Other customers have reported problems with IBM PS Valuepoint 486DX2 66
    
       systems. These systems fail the diagnostics for IRQ conflict and produce
    
       an error "initializing capture device" when loading VidCap.
    
    
    
    

    OPTIMUM 486WB-66 MOTHERBOARD - CUSTOMER REPORT

    
       A customer reported that the OPTimum 486WB-66 motherboard is not
    
       compatible with the Intel Smart Video Recorder.  The DOS installation
    
       program reports the message, "unable to locate an available IRQ," and
    
       the board installation fails.  The OPTimum 486WB-66 uses an OPTI chipset
    
       and MR BIOS.
    
    

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