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M7VIZ-SATA
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class
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- Page 1 M7VIZ-SATA FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............ 1 Motherboard Features ............1 Package Checklist ..............4 Motherboard Layout...............5 Motherboard Components.............6 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation........7 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..........7 Fan Headers ................7 Memory Modules Installation ..........8 Connectors and Slots...............9 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup......10 How to setup Jumpers ............10 Detail Settings ................10 Chapter 4: Useful Help ........... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
M7VIZ-SATA CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OTHERBOARD EATURES A. Hardware Supports Socket A. ® Supports single AMD Athlon/Duron/Sempron Family processor. Front Side Bus at 200/266/333 MHz. Chipset North Bridge: VIA KM400. South Bridge: VIA VT8237R. Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 19.4cm (W) X 24.4cm (L) Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devices. - Page 4 M7VIZ-SATA Super I/O Chip: ITE8705F Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Environment Control initiatives, H/W Monitor ITE's "Smart Guardian" function Serial ATA Integrated in VT8237R. Two serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices. Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions.
- Page 5 M7VIZ-SATA Rear (Back Panel) Side Connectors 4 USB 2.0 ports. 1 VGA port. 1 Serial port. 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard port. 1 Parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP mode) 1 Vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 line-out connector, and 1 MIC-in connector.
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Page 6: Package Checklist
M7VIZ-SATA ACKAGE HECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel for Micro ATX Case X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional) -
Page 7: Motherboard Layout
M7VIZ-SATA OTHERBOARD AYOUT Socket A CPU1 BAT1 JCLK1 KM400 AGP1 8237R Super I/O CNR1 FDD1 Note: ■ represents the 1 pin. -
Page 8: Motherboard Components
M7VIZ-SATA OTHERBOARD OMPONENTS Socket A CPU1 BAT1 KM400 8237R Super I/O A. JATXPWER1: ATX power source K. FDD1: Floppy Disk connector. connector. B. JNFAN1 (optional): Power header for JCI1: Chassis open header. north bridge fan. C. JCFAN1: Power header for CPU fan. M. JPANEL1: Front panel facilities header. -
Page 9: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
M7VIZ-SATA CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the white dot/cut edge. The white dot/cut edge should point wards the lever pivot. -
Page 10: Memory Modules Installation
M7VIZ-SATA North Bridge Fan Power Header: JNBFAN1 (optional) Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense Note: The JCFAN1, JSFAN1and JNBFAN1 support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. -
Page 11: Connectors And Slots
M7VIZ-SATA ONNECTORS AND LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2... -
Page 12: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup
M7VIZ-SATA CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO SETUP UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened... - Page 13 M7VIZ-SATA Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF1 (optional) This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Assignment SPDIF OUT JSPDIF_OUT1 Ground Chassis Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.
- Page 14 M7VIZ-SATA Header for Front Panel Facilities: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. PWR_LED On/Off HLED JPANEL1 Assignment...
- Page 15 M7VIZ-SATA Frequency Selection: JCLK1 133 MHz 100 MHz 166 MHz (Default) Close Open Open Close Close Open JCLK1 Open Open Open Open Open Open Note: The JCLK1 is set at 133 MHz as factor default setting. Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1...
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Page 16: Chapter 4: Useful Help
BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. - Page 17 M7VIZ-SATA B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
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Page 18: Troubleshooting
M7VIZ-SATA ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. - Page 19 M7VIZ-SATA WARPSPEEDER™ CHAPTER 5: NTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage.
- Page 20 M7VIZ-SATA NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed.
- Page 21 M7VIZ-SATA ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility.
- Page 22 M7VIZ-SATA 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
- Page 23 M7VIZ-SATA 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
- Page 24 M7VIZ-SATA 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
- Page 25 M7VIZ-SATA “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default...
- Page 26 M7VIZ-SATA 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
- Page 27 M7VIZ-SATA Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...
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