PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7 VIF Version Number V0.90/V1.0V1.2 Platform Micro ATX Flex ATX FCC Logo CE Logo Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision KT333 South Bridge Revision VT8233A Super I/O Chip Vendor...
100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Supports DDR333 Supports PCI v2.2 Compliance ATAPI Compliance Ultra DMA 33 Support Ultra DMA 66 Support ATA-100 Support ATA-133 Support USB 2.0 Connector Support AGP (2X/4X) Slot Support Support AGP SideBand Addressing Mode Power on by LAN Support Infrared Support Enhanced Parallel Port DMI Compliance...
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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 Excellent Fair Poor ACR Slot(Card) Line Up in Case None Excellent Fair Poor Daughter Card Slot in PCB None Excellent...
DESIGN REVIEW Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 3.05 Pass Battery Current Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.05 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 12.20 Pass -5.0V+-5% -5.00 Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -12.46 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.36 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value Measured Value...
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS OnChip IDE Control Press Enter Pass OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enable Pass OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enable Pass IDE Prefetch Mode Enable Pass Primary Master PIO Auto Pass Primary Slave PIO Auto Pass Secondary Master PIO Auto Pass Secondary Slave PIO Auto Pass...
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+ 12 V 12.34 V - 12 V - 11.95 V - 5 V - 5.04 V Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H/W Monitor in POST Enabled Comments:...
FUNCTIONALITY Setup Installation Test Of Operating System Pass/Fail Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Pass Windows ME Pass Windows 2000 Professional Pass Windows 2000 Server Pass Windows XP Home Edition Pass Windows XP Professional Pass Linux (Red Hat 7.2) Pass Basic On-board Function Test Test Platform MS-DOS Operating Comment...
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SMI Pin Function Test Pass Time Out Function Test Pass Power LED Flash Check Pass Power On Control Power On By RTC Test Pass Power On By LAN Test (Intel SPD3) Pass Power On By Modem Test Pass Boot Management Boot Form CD-ROM Pass Boot From SCSI HDD...
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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...
I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment Athlon XP 2100+ Memory Kingston 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CDROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card Onboard Video Card ASUS V7700 LAN Card INTEL 82559 Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows ME Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test...
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Wake Up By Ring Test Pass Enable Scheduled Task Runs at Specified time Test (RTC wake up) Pass Memory Comparability Test Running AVI Files With Multi Stress Pass Winstone 2001 Test Pass 3D Mark 2001 Test (Continue loop 10) Pass BCM Memory Test Pass Device Comparability Test...
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Add ZIP PnP Test Pass Add LAN PnP 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 Power On By LAN Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass...
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Connect to ISP For 12 hours Pass Download Files From Internet ISP Server (Over 10MB) Pass Recording a MP3 File From Internet ISP Server Pass FTP Transport Test (Download and Upload Test ) Pass ACR Slots Test Modem Function Test Pass Modem Fax Function Test (Transmit a fax to Fax Machine) Pass...
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3D Performance Pass 3D Processing Pass 3D Quality Pass 3D WinMark Pass Playing *.AVI files (Stress Test for Over Night) Pass Audio Function Test Audio Drivers Setup Installation Test Pass System Properties Information Review Pass Audio Control Panel Function Test Pass CD-In Function Check Pass...
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CD-ROM/DVD Test Pass ZIP Driver Test Pass Memory Test Pass PCI Test Pass Video Test Pass AGP Test Pass Network Test Pass Modem Test Pass SCSI Test Pass IR Driver Test Pass COM Loopback Pass PCMCIA Test Pass Serial Port Internal Test Pass Parallel Port Internal Test Pass...
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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 2000 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass 3D Mark 2001 3D Marks...
Janes WWII Fighters Pass Janes FLEET Command Pass Johnny Herbert’s Grand Prix Pass LION KING Pass Moto Racer Pass Moto Racer 2 Pass Myst Pass Microsoft Midtown Pass Microsoft Motocross Pass Microsoft Age Of Empires Pass Microsoft Monster Truck Pass NBA Live99 Pass O.ZONE...
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System Properties Information Review Pass Standby Mode Test Pass Shut Down Test Pass Restart Test Pass Scandisk Test Pass 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...
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Login Server Test Pass Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass Power On By LAN Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass Shut Down By LAN Test Pass ADSL Link Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add SCSI Card Test Pass Add LAN Card Test...
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Playing MIDI Test Pass Playing Video Test Pass Playing MP3 Test Pass Game Port Test Pass Windows2000 Utility Test Pass/Fail BCM Diagnostics System Info Pass DMI Info Pass Processor Test Pass Memory Test Pass Audio Test Pass Video Test Pass Graphics Test Pass Hard Disk Test...
SYSMark2001 Internet Content Creation Pass Office Productivity Pass Others SYSmark 98 Pass Wintune 98 Test Pass SYSmark 2000 Pass SYSmark 2001 Pass FogCity 210 (For DirectX/OpenGL) Pass XL-R8R Pass Game Test 3D Pinball Pass Freecell Pass Minesweeper Pass Solitaire Pass Forsaken Pass Quake III...
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System Information Review Hardware Resources Pass Components Pass Software Environment Pass Internet Setting Pass Net Diagnostics Pass System restore Pass File Signature Verification Utility Pass DirectX Diagnostics Tool Pass Hardware Device Manager review Pass System Event Review Pass Windows XP Utility Test Pass/Fail BurnIn Test CPU-Maths...
Test Platform Windows XP (Professional ) Operating Comment AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Memory NANYA 128 MB X 3 MAXTOR 4W100H6 ATA-100 CDROM PIONEER DVD-116 ATA-66 Sound Card Onboard CODEC Video Card GeForce MX-400 LAN Card INTEL 82558EY Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass...
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Winbench 99 V1.2 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 3D Marks Pass...
PME# Signal Routing Pass PME# Signal Routing-Simultaneous Pass PXE Server installation Pass Remote Boot Pass RGB Rasterization Pass Serial Port Stress Pass Signal Driver Check Pass Storage Device Stress Pass SysParse Pass System Stress Pass System Wake-up Pass Unreported I/O Pass USB Device Framework Pass...
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Add Serial Mouse Test Pass Add Modem Test Pass FDD Connector Test Read 1.44 Floppy Disk Pass Format 1.44 Floppy Driver Pass IDE Connectors Test CD-ROM Data Read Test Pass DVD-ROM Data Read Test Pass LAN Ports Test Peer to Peer Data Transfer Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add SCSI Card Test...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VIF Temperature rate ( ℃ ) 0 ~ 45 ℃ 0 ~ 60 % Humidity rate ( % ) Time ( hr ) 72 hr Windows Me Test Program Continuous Play DVD + Tomb2 DEMO...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows Me Athlon XP 2000+ Memory SAMSUNG 256M X2 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card ASUS V7700 CPU Front Side Bus Clock 133 MHz 138 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 53.2 56.7 Content Creation Winstone2002...
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Test Platform Windows Me Duron 1300 MHz Memory SAMSUNG 256M X2 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card ASUS V7700 CPU Front Side Bus Clock 100 MHz 107 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 44.5 45.3 Content Creation Winstone2001 18.1...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory SAMSUNG 256 MB X 2 IBM DTLA-307020 ATA-100 CD-ROM SAMSUNG DVD-SD-612 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card GeForce 2 MX-400 A1.2 GHz A1.4 GHz XP 1800+ XP 2000+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 48.7 49.9 65.8 Content Creation Winstone2001 26.6...
Test Platform Windows Me (DDR266 vs DDR333) Athlon XP 2100+ Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card ASUS V7700 Memory Samsung 256M /266 MHz Nanya 256M /333 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 56.8 57.2 Content Creation Winstone2002 23.4 22.8...
HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Vendor Model Frequency Type Result Athlon 700 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 750 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 800 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 850 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 900 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon 950 MHz Socket A Pass Athlon...
SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Version Result MS-DOS 6.22 Pass Windows Windows ME 4.90.3000 Pass Windows NT Workstation Pass Windows 2000 Profession Release Pass Windows 2000 Server Release Pass Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Pass Windows XP Professional 2002 Pass Linux Red hat Pass Server NetWare...
VCORE WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT-Ver0.90 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2000+ VIF/0.90 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 2000+ VIF/0.90 STP CLK Vcore 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” to “Enable Stop Clock Throttling” 4.At this menu , type “7”...
Vcore Ripple Test(Open up the DOS Editor) Athlon XP 2000+ VIF/0.90 STP CLK Vcore 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 WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT-Ver1.0 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2000+ VIF/1.0 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 2000+ VIF/1.0 STP CLK Vcore Condition 7.Boot the system to the Win98SE environment(Command Prompt Only) Dos mode and run the stpclk.bat 8.At the main menu ,type “U” to go to the “Utilities Submenu” 9.At the next menu , type “B” to “Enable Stop Clock Throttling” At this menu , type “7”...
Vcore Ripple Test(Open up the DOS Editor) Athlon XP 2000+ VIF/1.0 STP CLK Vcore 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(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2100+ VIF/1.0 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 2100+ VIF/1.0 STP CLK Vcore Condition Boot the system to the Win98SE environment(Command Prompt Only) Dos mode and run the stpclk.bat At the main menu ,type “U” to go to the “Utilities Submenu” At the next menu , type “B” to “Enable Stop Clock Throttling” At this menu , type “7”...
Vcore Ripple Test(Open up the DOS Editor) Athlon XP 2100+ VIF/1.0 STP CLK Vcore 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”...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 1.0 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VIF Revision 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...
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