CONTENTS PRODUCT INFORMATION ..............4 Motherboard General Information ..............4 Chipset Details ......................4 BIOS Details ......................4 CPU Supports ......................4 Memory Supports ....................4 On-board Features and Devices ................4 Mechanical ....................... 5 DESIGN REVIEW 0.91................7 Mainboard Voltage Measurement ..............
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Windows 2000 Professional ................36 Windows XP Professional ................. 37 Windows XP ......................38 Display Card Performance ..................39 HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST..........40 ......................... 40 CD-ROM ........................ 40 Camera Device ...................... 40 DVD-ROM ......................41 Display Card ......................41 ......................... 42 ........................
PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8598 Version Number V0.91/V0.94/V0.95/V1.1 ! AT " ATX ! Micro ATX ! Flex ATX Platform Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision P4X400 South Bridge Revision VT8235 Super I/O Chip Vendor...
" Yes ! No 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Supports " Yes ! No PC 133 Support " Yes ! No DDR 400 Support " Yes ! No PCI v2.2 Compliance " Yes ! No ATA-3 Compliance " Yes ! No ATAPI Compliance "...
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! Yes ! No " None ! Excellent ! Fair ! Poor VGA Port Connectors Line Up in Case " Yes ! No ! None " Excellent ! Fair ! Poor Audio Port Connectors Line Up in Case " Yes ! No ! None "...
DESIGN REVIEW 0.91 Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 3.13 Pass Battery Current Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.13 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 11.97 Pass -5.0V+-5% -4.98 Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -12.32 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.37 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value Measured Value...
DESIGN REVIEW Ver1.1 Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 3.06V Pass Battery Current 2.1uA Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.22V Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 11.73V Pass -5.0V+-5% -5.12V Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -11.5V Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.29V Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value...
REQUIRED BIOS DEFAULT SETTINGS Lists Specification Result BIOS FEATURES SETUP Virus Warning Disabled Pass CPU L1 & L2 Cache Enabled Pass CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Pass CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Pass Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Pass First Boot Device Floppy Pass Second Boot Device...
FUNCTIONALITY Setup Installation Test Of Operating System Pass/Fail Windows ME Pass Windows 2000 Professional Pass Windows XP Home Edition Pass Windows XP Professional Pass Linux (Red Hat 8.0) Pass Basic On-board Function Test Test Platform MS-DOS Operating Comment Pentium4 _ 2.0G Memory SAMSUNG 256M X 2 Maxtor 80G 6Y080L0...
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Time Out Function Test Pass Power LED Flash Check Pass Power On Control Power On By RTC Test Pass Power On By LAN Test Pass Power On By Modem Test Pass Boot Management Boot Form CD-ROM Pass Boot From SCSI HDD Pass Boot From ATAPI ZIP/LS120 Drive Pass...
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BIOS ROM Test Pass Parity Test Pass Pattern Test Pass Extended Pattern Test Pass Walking 1’s Test Pass Walking 0’s Test Pass Random Memory Test Pass Address Test Pass Refresh Test Pass Data Bus Test Pass Cache Memory Test Pass IDE HDD Test Pass IDE CD Test...
APM Functionality Test Pass Device APM Test Pass ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment P4-2.8 G Hz Memory SAMSUNG 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CDROM LITEON 52X Sound Card On board Video Card ASUS V7700 LAN Card On board...
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Add Modem PnP Test Pass Print Port Test Add Printer PnP Test Pass FDD Connector Test Create Windows ME Startup Disk Pass Format 1.44 Floppy Driver Pass IDE Connectors Test CD-ROM Data Read Test Pass DVD-ROM Data Read Test Pass Ultra DMA 100/133 Hard Disk Test Pass USB Ports Test...
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640x480 32 bit Pass 800x600 16 bit Pass 800x600 32 bit Pass 1024x768 16 bit Pass 1024x768 32 bit Pass 1152x864 16 bit None Pass 1152x864 32 bit None Pass Check Screen Have No Any Shadow Or Garbage Pass Audio Function Test Audio Drivers Setup Installation Test Pass System Properties Information Review...
Business Graphics WinMark 99 Pass DirectDraw Tests Pass Disk Inspection Tests Pass Disk WinMark Pass GDI/USER Inspection Tests Pass High-End Disk WinMark 99 Pass High-End Graphics WinMark 99 Pass Video Tests Pass 3D Mark 2001 SE 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass PC Mark 2002 CPU Score...
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Hibernate(S4) Test Standby Button for S4 (Enter) Pass Power Button for S4 (Enter and Wake up) Pass Windows Set RTC Time out for S4 (Enter and Wake up) Pass Enter S4 mode For 1/5/10/30/60/120 Minutes Then To Do Wake Up Test. Pass Wake Up By LAN Test Pass...
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Add LAN Card Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass Add Sound Card Test Pass Add Modem Card Test Pass Wake On Modem Test (Standby Mode) Pass CNR Slots Test Add Modem Card Test Pass VGA Function Test VGA Drivers Setup Installation Test Pass Display Properties Information Review...
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CD-ROM Test Pass Stress Test –Loop 100 Pass MS Mouse Pass MS Joystick Pass MS ScanDisk Pass BurnIn Test CPU-Maths Pass CPU-MMX/SSE Pass Memory (RAM) Pass 2D Graphics Pass 3D Graphics Pass Hard Disk Test Pass Floppy Disk Pass Network Test Pass CD-ROM Pass...
Comments: Test Platform Windows XP (Home Edition ) Operating Comment P4 2.53GHz Memory SAMSUNG 128M * 2 MAXTOR 4W100H6 100G CDROM PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-117 Sound Card Onboard Video Card ELSA/GLADIAC920/NVIDIA GerFroce4 Ti4200 LAN Card Onboard , Intel 82559 Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test...
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Hibernate(S4) Test Standby Button for S4 (Enter) Pass Power Button for S4 (Enter and Wake up) Pass Windows Set RTC Time out for S4 (Enter and Wake up) Pass Wake Up By LAN Test Pass Wake Up By Ring Test Pass Enable Scheduled Task Runs at Specified time Test (RTC wake up) Pass...
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Login Server Test Pass Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass Setup Installation Winstone By The LAN Pass Setup Installation 3D Mark2001 SE By The LAN Pass ADSL Link Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add LAN Cards Test Boot ROM Function Test Pass Login Server Test...
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Connect to ISP For 12 hours Pass Download Files From Internet ISP Server (Over 10MB) Pass Modem Fax Function Test (Transmit a fax to Fax Machine) Pass Modem Fax Function Test (Transmit a fax to Modem) Pass Modem Fax Function Test (Receive a fax from Fax Machine) Pass Modem Fax Function Test (Receive a fax from Modem) Pass...
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DMI Info Pass Processor Test Pass Memory Test Pass Audio Test Pass Video Test Pass Graphics Test Pass Hard Disk Test Pass Floppy Disk Test Pass CD-ROM Test Pass Stress Test –Loop 100 Pass MS Mouse Pass MS Joystick Pass MS ScanDisk Pass BurnIn Test...
Comments: Test Platform Windows XP (Professional ) Operating Comment P4 1.9G Hz Memory NANYA 128M*2 Seagate 4.3G/ ST34311A CDROM BTC 52X/BCD F562B Sound Card Onboard Video Card NVIDIA GeForce2 LAN Card Onboard Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test Pass...
CD-ROM Pass Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2002 Pass PC Mark 2002 CPU Score Pass Memory Score Pass HDD Score Pass 3D Mark 2001 SE BenchMark Pass Demo Mode Pass Comments: Test Platform Linux (Red Hat 8.0) Operating Comment P4-1.8G Hz Memory...
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Peer to Peer Data Transfer Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add SCSI Card Test Pass Add LAN Card Test Pass Add Sound Card Test Pass Comments:...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8598 Temperature rate ( ℃ ) 0 ~ 45 ℃ 0 ~ 60 % Humidity rate ( % ) Time ( hr ) 72 hr Windows ME Test Program Continuous Play DVD + TombII DEMO...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows XP Home Edition (FSB:100 MHz) P4-2600 Memory Twinmos 256M X3 (DDR400) Maxtor ATA-133 (40G) CD-ROM Sony CD-ROM CDU-711 Sound Card Onboard Video Card Winfast Geforce 4 MX440 CPU Front Side Bus Clock PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 6350 6654...
Test Platform Windows XP Home Edition (FSB:133 MHz) P4-2800 Memory Twinmos 256M X3 (DDR400) Maxtor ATA-133 (40G) CD-ROM Sony CD-ROM CDU-711 Sound Card Onboard Video Card Winfast Geforce 4 MX440 CPU Front Side Bus Clock PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 6790 7151 Memory Score...
PERFORMANCE TEST Test Platform Windows ME Memory Samsung 256M X3 (DDR266) Maxtor ATA-133 (40G) CD-ROM Sony CD-ROM CDU-711 Sound Card Onboard Video Card Winfast Geforce4 MX440 C2000 P4-2600 P4-2800 P4-3060 (100X20) (100X26) (133X21) (133X23) PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 4379 6201 6675 7303...
Test Platform Windows XP Professional Memory TwinMos 256M X3 (DDR400) Maxtor ATA-133 (40G) CD-ROM Sony CD-ROM CDU-711 Sound Card Onboard Video Card Winfast Geforce4 MX440 C2000 P4-2600 P4-2800 (100X20) (100X26) (133X21) PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 4635 6350 6790 Memory Score 4429 5624 5694...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory WINBOND 512M X2 (400) MAXTOR 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM LITEON 52X Sound Card On board Video Card ATI Radeon9000 C2200 (100 X22) PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 5105 Memory Score 4735 HDD Score Comments: Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Content Creation Winstone2002 29.2...
Joystick Vendor Model Type Result Logitech Wingman Pass Logitech Wingman Formula Force Pass Logitech Wingman extreme digital 3D Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder Feedback Pro Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder 3D Pro Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder Dual Strike Pass Microsoft Side Winder Joystick...
SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Version Result MS-DOS 6.22 Pass Windows Windows ME 4.90.3000 Pass Windows 2000 Profession Release Pass Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Pass Windows XP Professional 2002 Pass Linux Red hat Pass Comments:...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8598 Revision V1.1 Temperature ( ℃ ) 35 ℃ 0 ~ 60 % Humidity rate ( % ) Thermo Tracer NEC TH5104 Test Program 3Dmark2000 Comments: The component temperature measured value was based on 35℃ check in the chamber...
PCI 2 AHA 2940U2W PCI 3 Sound Blaster Live! PCI 4 3C905C-TX 3COM LAN PCI 5 3C905C-TX 3COM LAN BIOS Version U8598 Win98 Version WINDOWS XP Pro Driver CD Ver. U108R BCM Version 2.01 Usb device 3COM HOME VIDEO BCM Stress Test (30 min.) Normal (Standard Power Voltage &...
FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver 1.1 Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE M7 VXK/1.1 CPU Level P4-2.53G RAM TYPE SYNNEX 256MB PC266*2 VGA TYPE ASUS V8710DDR/64M Power Supply FSP-350-60BN Floppy PANASONIC JU-257 IDE1 Primary Maxtor 80G dma-133 IDE1 Secondary Maxtor 80G DMA-133 IDE2 Primary PIONEER DVD ROM IDE2 Secondary...