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M7VIZ-SATA
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tes ted 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 tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital devic e, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion 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 ............ -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
M7VIZ-SATA CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OTHERBOARD EATURES A. Hardware Supports Socket A. ® Supports single AMD Athlon/Duron/Sempron Family processo r. 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: Serial Ata
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: Rj-45 Lan Jack
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. -
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 JC LK1 KM400 AGP1 8237R Supe r I/O FDD1 CNR1 Note: ■ represents the 1 pin. -
Page 8: Motherboard Components
M7VIZ-SATA OTHERBOARD OMPONENTS Socket A CP U1 BAT1 KM4 00 8237R Su pe r I /O JATXPWER1: ATX power source K. FDD1: Floppy Disk connector. connector. B. JNFAN1 (optional): Power header for L. JCI1: Chassis open header. north bridge fan. -
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 f an 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 positiv e 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 O pen He ader: JCI1 This connector allows sy stem 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 He ade r 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...
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Page 15: Fre Quency Sele Ction: Jclk1
M7VIZ-SATA Fre quency Sele ction: 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 He ade r: JCMOS1... -
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: Cpu Overheated
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. -
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, f an securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. -
Page 19: Chapter 5: Warpspeeder
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: Installation
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.
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Page 22: Main Panel
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 fe ature s 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. O ve rclock 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...
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Page 26: About Panel
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’...
- Page 28 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup BIOS Setup..................1 1 Main Menu..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features ................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features................9 4 Advanced Chipset Features................13 5 Integrated Peripherals .................. 17 6 Power Management Setup ................21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................25 8 PC Health Status ..................
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Page 29: Bios Setup
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. -
Page 30: Dram Support
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU. -
Page 31: Main Menu
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. -
Page 32: Load Optimized Defaults
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. -
Page 33: Exit Without Saving
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them. -
Page 34: Standard Cmos Features
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. - Page 35 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
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Page 36: Options Description
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All, but Keyboard the POST process and All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory... -
Page 37: Advanced Bios Features
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy. First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. - Page 38 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Cache & Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache & shadow setup. CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache.
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Page 39: Virus Warning
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. -
Page 40: Security Option
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility. -
Page 41: Advanced Chipset Features
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. - Page 42 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup DRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.5 (default), 2. Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature.
- Page 43 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup AGP & P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture.
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Page 44: Memory Hole
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup CPU & PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “CPU & PCI Bus Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states. -
Page 45: Integrated Peripherals
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and / or second IDE interface. If you install a primary and / or secondary add-in IDE interface, select “Disabled”... - Page 46 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provides successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
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Page 47: Onboard Fdc Controller
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup USB Keyboard/ Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard/ Mouse Legacy Support. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Super IO Device Super IO Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “... -
Page 48: Init Display First
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port. The Choices: 3 (default), 1. Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. -
Page 49: Power Management Setup
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). -
Page 50: Video Off Option
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Define (default) Allows you to set each mode individually. -
Page 51: Soft-Off By Pwr-Bttn
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use. The Choices: 3 (default),4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA. Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state . - Page 52 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Wake Up On LAN/Ring To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support power on function.
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Page 53: Pnp/Pci Configurations
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. -
Page 54: Reset Configuration Data
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. - Page 55 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility.
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Page 56: Pc Health Status
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under ACPI mode. The Choices: Disabled (default), enable. CPU Vcore/ 3.3V/ +5.0V/ +12V/ 5VSB/ Voltage Battery Detect the system’s voltage status automatically. - Page 57 M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup Show H/W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay time for you to choose. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep.
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Page 58: Frequency/ Voltage Control
M7VIZ-SATA BIOS Setup 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system.
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