PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7NCG Version Number V0.91/V0.92/V1.0/V1.1 Platform Micro ATX Flex ATX Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor NVIDIA North Bridge Revision Crush18G South Bridge Revision MCP-T Super I/O Chip Vendor Winbond Super I/O Revision Number...
Dual DDR 400 Support PCI v2.2 Compliance ATA-3 Compliance ATAPI Compliance Ultra DMA 33 Support Ultra DMA 66 Support ATA-133 Support USB 1.1 Connector Support USB 2.0 Connector Support AGP (8X/4X) Slot Support Support AGP SideBand Addressing Mode Power on by LAN Support Power on by Ring Support Power on by Keyboard Support Power on by Mouse Support...
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Game Port Connectors Line Up in Case None Excellent Fair Poor AGP Slot(Card) Line Up in Case None Excellent Fair Poor PCI Slots(Card) Line Up in Case None Excellent Fair Poor AMR Slot(Card) Line Up in Case None Excellent Fair Poor CNR Slot(Card) Line Up in Case None...
DESIGN REVIEW Ver1.1 Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 2.93V Pass Battery Current 2.2uA Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.11v Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 11.86v Pass -5.0V+-5% -4.88v Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -11.56v Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.29v Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value...
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166.66 0.4ns~1.6ns Pass PCI Clock High Time Min.11ns 13.6 Pass PCI Clock Low Time Min.11ns 15.2 Pass PCI Clock Rising Time ~4ns Pass PCI Clock Falling Time ~4ns Pass...
AGP Fast Write Capability Enabled Pass CPU Thermal-Throttling 50.0% Pass System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Pass Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Pass POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ACPI Function Enabled Pass ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Pass Power Management User Define Pass Video Off Method DPMS Support Pass HDD Power Down...
OnChip 1394 Auto Pass Init Display First PCI Slot Pass OnChip USB V1.1+V2.0 Pass USB Keyboard Support Disabled Pass Onboard I/O Chip Setup Press Enter Pass POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY Pass KB Power ON Password Enter Pass Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1 Pass Onboard FDC Controller...
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 AMD AthlonXP_2.4 G Memory SAMSUNG 256M X 2 Maxtor 6Y080L0 80G...
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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 Keyboard Test Pass Power On By Mouse Test Pass Power On By LAN Test Pass Power On By Modem Test Pass Boot Management Boot Form CD-ROM...
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DMI Test Pass Memory 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 Quick Memory Test Pass IDE HDD Test...
Parallel Port Test Pass PS/2 Mouse Test Pass APM Functionality Test Pass Device APM Test Pass ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment Athlon 2400 Memory Samsung 256M X2 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CDROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board...
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Add Serial Mouse PnP Test Pass 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...
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√ √ √ √ 640x480 32 bit Pass √ √ √ √ 800x600 16 bit Pass √ √ √ √ 800x600 32 bit Pass √ √ √ √ 1024x768 16 bit Pass √ √ √ √ 1024x768 32 bit Pass √...
Business Disk WinMark 99 Pass 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...
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Setup installation Microsoft Office 2000 Test Pass 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 SCSI Card Test Pass 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...
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Floppy Disk Test Pass 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...
Comments: Test Platform Windows XP (Home Edition ) Operating Comment AMD Athlon(th) XP 2600 Memory SAMSUNG 256 M * 2 MAXTOR D740X6L 60G CDROM SONY DDU-1621 16X Sound Card Onboard Video Card Onboard LAN Card Onboard Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver 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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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 Pass Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass...
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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 Send & Receive e-mail Test Pass Recording a MP3 File From Internet ISP Server Pass FTP Transport Test (Download and Upload Test ) Pass...
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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 CPU-Maths Pass CPU-MMX/SSE Pass Memory (RAM) Pass 2D Graphics Pass 3D Graphics...
Test Platform Windows XP (Professional ) Operating Comment AMD AthlonXP_2.4 G Memory SAMSUNG 256M X 2 Maxtor 6Y080L0 80G DVD-ROM BenQ DVD-ROM ATAPI 16X Maximum Sound Card Onboard Video Card Onboard LAN Card Intel SB82558B Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test...
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 AMD Athlon XP 2.4 G Memory Winbond 512M * 2 IBM IC35L120AVVA07-0 / 120G DVD-ROM BENQ DVP1648A...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7NCG Temperature rate ( ¢ J ) 0 ~ 45 ¢ J Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Time ( hr ) 72 hr Windows ME Test Program...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows XP Home Edition (FSB:100 MHz) DURON 1300 Memory SAMSUNG 512M X2 (333) MAXTOR 40G ATA-133 CD-ROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Dual Channel PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 3752 3771...
Test Platform Windows XP Home Edition (FSB:133 MHz) ATHLON 2400 Memory SAMSUNG 512M X2 (333) MAXTOR 40G ATA-133 CD-ROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Dual Channel Dual Channel PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 5940 5954...
Test Platform Windows XP Home Edition (FSB:166 MHz) ATHLON 2500 ATHLON 3000 Memory SAMSUNG 512M X2 (333) MAXTOR 40G ATA-133 CD-ROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Dual Channel Dual Channel PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 5639...
PERFORMANCE TEST Test Platform Windows ME Memory HYNIX 128M X3 Maxtor 40G ATA-133 CD-ROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board Video Card On board Athlon 1200 Athlon 2400 Athlon 2500 133MHZ 166MHZ PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 3263 5852 5521 Memory Score 2803 3388...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory Infineon 512M X3 (333) Maxtor 40G ATA-133 CD-ROM BENQ 52X Sound Card On board Video Card On board Duron 1300 Athlon 2600 Athlon 2500 Athlon 2700 100MHZ 133MHZ 166MHZ 166MHZ PC Mark 2002 CPU Score 3755 6327 5653...
HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Vendor Model Frequency Type Result Athlon 1000MHz/133 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 1133MHz/133 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 1200MHz/133 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 1333MHz/133 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 1400MHz/133 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon XP 1500+/133 MHz Socket A Pass...
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:...
VCORE WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT-Ver1.1 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon_xp_2700+ NCG1.1 STP CLK Vcore Condition Just booting on DOS mode, not running any Program Vcore ripple waveform RESULT PASS...
Vcore Transient Test(Dos Mode) Athlon_xp_2700+ NCG1.1 CH 1 STPCLK pin waveform CH 2 Vcore waveform Condition 1.Boot the system to the Win98SE environment(Command Prompt Only) Dos mode and run the stpclk.bat 2.At the main menu ,type “U” to go to the “Utilities Submenu” 3.At the next menu , type “B”...
Vcore Ripple Test(Open up the DOS Editor) Athlon_xp_2700+ NCG1.1 CH 1 STPCLK pin waveform CH 2 Vcore waveform Condition 1.Boot the system to the Win98SE environment(Command Prompt Only) Dos mode and run the stpclk.bat 2.At the main menu ,type “U” to go to the “Utilities Submenu” 3.At the next menu , type “B”...
FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver 1.1 Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE NCG/1.1 CPU Level Althon_XP 2700+ RAM TYPE TwinMOS 512MB*3 VGA TYPE ASUS V8170DDR/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 IOMEGA ZIP250...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7NCG Revision V1.1 Temperature ( ¢ J ) 35 ¢ J Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Thermo Tracer NEC TH5104 Test Program 3Dmark2001 Comments: The component temperature measured value was based on 35¢ J check in the chamber...
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