Table Of Contents - Biostar M7 VKD Engineering Validation Test Report

PRODUCT INFORMATION ........................................................................4
Motherboard General Information.............................................................................. 4
Chipset Details ............................................................................................................ 4
BIOS Details ............................................................................................................... 4
CPU Support ............................................................................................................... 4
Memory Support ......................................................................................................... 4
On-board Features and Devices .................................................................................. 4
Mechanical.................................................................................................................. 5
DESIGN REVIEW ........................................................................................7
Mainboard Voltage Measurement............................................................................... 7
Bus Clock.................................................................................................................... 7
REQUIRED BIOS DEFAULT SETTINGS ..................................................9
BIOS FEATURES SETUP ......................................................................................... 9
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.................................................................................. 9
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ......................................................................... 10
PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION................................................................................. 11
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.............................................................................. 11
PC Health Status ....................................................................................................... 11
FUNCTIONALITY .....................................................................................12
Setup Installation Test Of Operating System............................................................ 12
Basic On-board Function Test .................................................................................. 12
MS-DOS Operating .................................................................................................. 12
Windows 98 SE Operating........................................................................................ 15
Windows2000 Operating .......................................................................................... 22
Windows ME Operating ........................................................................................... 26
Windows XP (Home Edition ) Operating................................................................. 28
Linux (Red Hat) Operating ....................................................................................... 30
RELIABILITY TEST ..................................................................................31
Motherboard General Information............................................................................ 31
Burn-in Step .............................................................................................................. 31
OVER CLOCK TEST .................................................................................32
PERFORMANCE TEST .............................................................................33
Windows Me............................................................................................................. 33
NT 4.0 Workstation .................................................................................................. 35
Windows2000 ........................................................................................................... 36
Windows XP (Home Edition)................................................................................... 38
Windows XP (Home Edition)................................................................................... 39
HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST .....................................................40
CPU........................................................................................................................... 40
CD-ROM................................................................................................................... 41
Camera Device.......................................................................................................... 41
DVD-ROM ............................................................................................................... 41
FDD........................................................................................................................... 42
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