PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7 VIG Version Number V0.90/V0.91/V1.0 Platform Micro ATX Flex ATX Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision KM266 South Bridge Revision VT8233A-CE Super I/O Chipset Vendor Winbond Super I/O Chipset Revision...
100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Supports PCI v2.2 Compliance ATAPI Compliance Ultra DMA 33 Support Ultra DMA 66 Support ATA-100 Support ATA-133 Support USB Connector Support AGP (2X/4X) Slot Support Support AGP SideBand Addressing Mode Power on by LAN Support Power on by Mouse Support Infrared Support Enhanced Parallel Port...
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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 Fair Poor Wake-on LAN connector in PCB None Excellent Fair...
DESIGN REVIEW Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 3.16 Pass Battery Current Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.02 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 12.27 Pass -5.0V+-5% -5.01 Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -12.60 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.36 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value Measured Value...
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Onboard PCI LAN Enabled Pass Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enabled Pass OnChip IDE Control Press Enter Pass OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Pass OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Pass IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Pass Primary Master PIO Auto Pass Primary Slave PIO Auto...
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+12V 12.34 V - 12V -12.11 V -5 V -5.14 V 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 Function Test 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...
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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 L2 Cache Test Pass IDE HDD Test...
ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment AMD XP 2100+ Memory Samsung 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CDROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board LAN Card On board Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows ME Setup Installation Test...
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Wake Up By LAN Test Pass 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...
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Add Joystick PnP Test Pass Add ZIP 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 Modem Fax Function Test (Transmit a fax to Fax Machine) Pass 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...
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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 Game Port Test Pass Line-In Function Check Pass Mic-In Function Check Pass...
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Video Test Pass AGP Test Pass COM Loopback Pass Serial Port Internal Test Pass Parallel Port Internal Test Pass Parallel Port Loopback Pass USB Test Pass CMOS Test Pass Keyboard Test Pass AVI Video Test Pass Microphone Test Pass Audio Test Pass Mouse Test Pass...
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Demo Mode Pass 3D Mark 2001 SE 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass SYSMark2001 Internet Content Creation Pass Office Productivity Pass Others CD Winbench 99 Pass Final Reality Pass Intel Media Benchmark Pass XL-R8R Pass Power DVD Test Pass WinDVD 2000 Pass Wintune 98 Test Pass...
O.ZONE Pass Quake III Pass Red Alert Pass Rush Hour Pass RedLine Racer Pass SEGA Manx TT Pass SEGA Rally 95 Pass SEGA Daytona USA Pass Speed Demons Pass The Magic School Bus Pass Turok Pass Tonic Trouble Pass Tomb Raider II Pass Worms: 2 Pass...
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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 Wake Up By Ring Test Pass Enable Scheduled Task Runs at Specified time Test (RTC wake up) Pass Memory Comparability Test Winstone 99...
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Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass Shut Down By LAN Test Pass Add Token Ring LAN Card Test Pass Add Sound Card Test Pass Add Modem Card Test Pass Wake On Modem Test (Standby Mode) Pass Add Digital Video Card Test Pass CNR Slots Test Add Modem Card Test...
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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 Pass Hard Disk Test...
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 Pass CD-ROM Pass Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2002 Pass Winbench 99 V1.2 Business Disk WinMark 99 Pass Business Graphics WinMark 99...
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Standby Mode Test Pass Shut Down Test Pass Restart Test Pass Scandisk Test Pass Setup installation Microsoft Office 2000 Test Pass 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...
Demo Mode Pass Comments: Test Platform Linux (Red Hat7.2) Operating Comment Athlon xp-2000+ Memory Nanya 256M pc-266 x2 Maxtor D740X-6L CDROM Teac cd-540e Sound Card Creative live Video Card Asus 3800 LAN Card On-board Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Linux Setup Installation Test Pass Shut Down Test...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VIG Temperature rate ( ¢ J ) 0 ~ 45 ¢ J Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Time ( hr ) 72 hr Windows ME Test Program...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:100 MHz & SDRAM) Duron 1300 Memory SAMSUNG 512M X1 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 42.1 45.2 Content Creation Winstone2002...
Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:100 MHz & DDR) Duron 1300 Memory NANYA 256M X2 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 41.9 45.1 Content Creation Winstone2002 16.5 17.7...
Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:133 MHz & SDRAM) Athlon 2000+ Memory SAMSUNG 512M X1 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 55.6 56.5 Content Creation Winstone2002 20.6 21.9...
Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:133 MHz & DDR) Athlon 2000+ Memory NANYA 256M X2 Maxtor 80G ATA-133 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 55.6 58.1 Content Creation Winstone2002 21.7 22.3...
Test Platform Windows2000 Memory SAMSUNG 256MB X 2 IBM DTLA-307020 ATA-100 CD-ROM SAMSUNG DVD-SD612 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIDEO DURON 1.3G XP 1.8G+ XP 2.0G+ XP 2.1G+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 45.6 55.6 57.3 59.1 Content Creation Winstone2002 24.9 32.2 33.4...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory SAMSUNG 256MB X 2 IBM DTLA-307015 ATA-100 CD-ROM SAMSUNG DVD-SD612 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIDEO DURON 1.3G XP 1.8G+ XP 2.0G+ XP 2.1G+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 40.7 45.2 50.2 51.7 Content Creation Winstone2001 23.1 25.2...
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+ VIG/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+ VIG/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+ VIG/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-Ver0.91 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2100+ VIG/0.91 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+ VIG/0.91 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 2100+ VIG/0.91 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 2100+ VIG/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+ VIG/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+ VIG/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 M7VIG Revision Temperature ( ¢ J ) 35 ¢ J Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Thermo Tracer NEC TH5104 Test Program 3Dmark2000 Comments: The component temperature measured value was based on 35¢...
FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver0.90 Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE VIG/0.90 CPU Level Athlon XP 2000+ RAM TYPE Buffalo 128M pc-133 x2 VGA TYPE Elsa gladiac ultra Power Supply FSP-350-60BN Floppy PANASONIC JU-257 IDE1 Primary IBM Deskstar 20G Ultra-100 IDE1 Secondary SEAGATE ST34321A IDE2 Primary PIONEER DVD ROM...
FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver1.0 (DDR-RAM) Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE VIG/1.0 CPU Level Athlon XP 2100+ RAM TYPE Nanya 256M pc-266 x2 VGA TYPE Elsa gladiac 516 Power Supply FSP-350-60BN Floppy PANASONIC JU-257 IDE1 Primary IBM Deskstar 20G Ultra-100 IDE1 Secondary SEAGATE ST34321A IDE2 Primary PIONEER DVD ROM...
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