CONTENTS 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-Ver 1.0 ............... 7 Mainboard Voltage Measurement................7 Bus Clock ........................
PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7 VKG Version Number V1.0 Platform Micro ATX FCC ID Number CE Logo Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision VT8365A/0050CD South Bridge Revision VT82C686B Clock Generator Vendor Clock Generator Revision...
AGP (2X/4X) Slot Support AMR Slot Support CNR Slot Support ACR Slot Support Ultra DMA 33 Support Ultra DMA 66 Support ATA-100 Support Power on by LAN Support Infrared Support Enhanced Parallel Port DMI Compliance Hardware Monitor Support ACPI v1.0/APM v1.2 Compliance On-board Graphics Controller On-board Network Adapter 10Mb...
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CD Audio-in Connector in PCB None Excellent Fair Poor AUX Audio-in Connector in PCB None Excellent Fair Poor Telephony Connector in PCB None Excellent Fair Poor Digital Video Connector None Excellent Fair Poor Other Jumper in PCB None Excellent Fair Poor Comments:...
DESIGN REVIEW-Ver 1.0 Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V/7uA Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.06 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 11.99 Pass -5.0V+-5% -5.09 Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -11.78 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.34 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value (MHz) Measured Value Pass/Fail CPU and Clock Host...
REQUIRED BIOS DEFAULT SETTINGS Lists Specification Result BIOS FEATURES SETUP ►Boot Device select Press Enter Pass First Boot Device Floppy Pass Secone Boot Device HDD-0 Pass Third Boot Device LS120 Pass Boot Other Device Enabled Pass ►Shadow Control Press Enter Pass Video BIOS Shadow Enabled...
MPU-401 Disabled Pass MPU-401 I/O Address 330-333H Pass Game Port (200-207) Enabled Pass Init Display First PCI Slot Pass Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Pass Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Pass Onboard IR Port Disable Pass UART 2 Mode HPSIR Pass X IR Function Duplex Half Pass...
FUNCTIONALITY Setup Installation Test Of Operating System Pass/Fail Windows 98 Second Edition Pass Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Pass Windows ME Pass Windows 2000 Professional Pass Windows XP Home Edition Pass Windows XP Professional Pass Linux (Red Hat 7.0) Pass Basic On-board Function Test Test Platform MS-DOS Operating Comment...
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Time Out Function Test Pass Power LED Flash Check Pass CPU FAN Stop Check None 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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Plug-n-Play Test Pass Multimedia CPU Extensions Pass Memory 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...
APM Functionality Test Pass Device APM Test Pass ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows 98 SE Operating Comment Athlon 1300 MHz Memory Samsung 512M X2 Seagate ST315320A CDROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On bard LAN Card Intel 82559...
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Add Modem PnP Test Pass Print Port Test Add Printer PnP Test Pass Add ZIP Device Test Pass LL5 Cable test (Data Transfer test) Pass IrDA Function Test Add IR Printer Test Pass Peer to Peer Data Transfer Test (Ir-In/Ir-Out) Pass FDD Connector Test Create Windows98 Startup Disk...
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Setup Installation Winbench 99 By The LAN Pass Setup Installation 3D Winbench 99 By The LAN Pass Add Token Ring LAN Card Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass ADSL Link Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add SCSI Card Test Pass Add LAN Card Test Pass...
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Audio Function Test Audio Drivers Setup Installation Test 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 R/L Channel Check Pass Sound Recorder Test Pass Run MPG Files Pass System Properties Information Review Pass...
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CPU Test Pass Hard Driver Test Pass Floppy Test Pass LS-120 Driver Test Pass CD-ROM/DVD Test Pass ZIP Driver Test Pass Memory Test Pass PCI Test Pass Video Test Pass AGP Test Pass SCSI Test Pass COM Loopback Pass Serial Port Internal Test Pass Parallel Port Internal Test Pass...
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3D WinMark Pass 3D WinMark 2000 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass Audio Winbench99 (Based onboard Sound controller) Direct Sound CPU Util 44.1 kHz 16bit Static Hardware Voices Voice 8 2.52 Voice 16 3.99 Voice 32 DirectSound CPU Util , 44.1 kHz , 16 bits Streaming Hardware Voice Voice 8 2.55...
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Voice 16 5.47 Voice 32 4.24 Others BAPCo SYSmark 2000 Pass CD Winbench 99 Pass Final Reality Pass Intel Media Benchmark Pass 3D Mark 99 Pass Morewins Continues Test For Over Night Pass Morewins Pass Power DVD Test Pass USBready Pass WinDVD 2000 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 Comments: Test Platform...
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PS/2 Mouse Test Pass COM Port Test Add Serial Mouse PnP Test Pass Add Modem PnP Test Pass Print Port Test Add Printer PnP Test Pass FDD Connector Test Format 1.44 Floppy Driver Pass IDE Connectors Test PIO Mode 4 Hard Disk Test Pass Ultra DMA 33 Hard Disk Test Pass...
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Screen Saver Test Pass Check Screen Have No Any Shadow Or Garbage Pass AGP 2X/4X Supports Verify Pass Playing MPEG Files Test Pass Playing VCD Test Pass Playing DVD Test(With WinDVD 2000) Pass Audio Function Test Audio Drivers Setup Installation Test Pass System Properties Information Review Pass...
Stress Test Pass MS Mouse Pass MS Joystick Pass MS ScanDisk Pass Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2001 Pass Winbench 99 Business Disk WinMark 99 Pass Business Graphics WinMark 99 Pass CPUmark32 Pass DirectDraw Tests Pass Disk Inspection Tests Pass Disk WinMark...
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CDROM TEAC 40 X Sound Card Onboard Video Card Onboard CNR Mode Lectron / PCTel Modem External Modem 3com / U.S Robobit 56K FAX (COM Port ) LAN Card Intel 82559 Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows ME Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test Pass...
WinTach 1.2 Pass Speedy 1.0 Pass 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 Pass Floppy Disk Test Pass CD-ROM Test Pass MS Mouse Pass MS Joystick...
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Athlon XP 17 00+ Memory NEC -PC133-256M *2 IBM 76.8G CDROM TEAC 40X Sound Card Onboard Video Card Onboard LAN Card ADMtek / ADM9510 Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test Pass Standby Mode Test 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 2000 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode...
Hardware Device Manager review Pass System Event Review Pass Windows XP Utility Test Pass/Fail 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...
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System Comparability Test Linux Setup Installation Test Pass Shut Down Test Pass Restart Test Pass Device Comparability Test PS/2 Connector Test PS/2 Keyboard Test Pass PS/2 Mouse Test Pass COM Port Test Add Serial Mouse Test Pass Add Modem Test Pass FDD Connector Test Read 1.44 Floppy Disk...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VKG Temperature rate ( ℃ ) 0 ~ 45 ℃ Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Time ( hr ) 72 hr Test Program Continuous Play DVD + Tomb2 DEMO...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:100 MHz) Duron 1100 MHz Memory WINBOND 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 32M) CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 36.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 42.6...
OVER CLOCK TEST Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:133 MHz) Athlon XP 1700 + Memory WINBOND 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 32M) CPU Front Side Bus Clock Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 51.3 53.2...
PERFORMANCE TEST Test Platform Windows ME Memory WINBOND 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 32M) Duron 1100 Athlon 1400 Athlon XP Athlon XP 1700+ 1800+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 36.2 48.2 51.3...
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...
Comments: ZIP/LS120 Vendor Model Size Type Result PANASONIC JU-811T012 100M Pass Iomega Z100P 100M Pass Iomega Z250P 250M Pass Iomega ZIP 100 USB 100M Pass Iomega ZIP 250 USB 250M Pass MATSUSHITA LKM-F734-1 (LS-120) 120M Pass Comments: Monitor Vendor Model Size Type Result...
SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Software Version Result MS-DOS 6.22 Pass IBM PCDOS Pass Windows Windows98 Second Edition Pass Windows ME 4.90.3000 Pass Windows NT Workstation Pass Windows 2000 Profession Release Pass Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Pass Windows XP Profession 2002 Pass Linux Red hat Pass...
VCORE WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT-Ver/1.0 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon 1.2G VKG/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 1.2G VKG/1.0 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 1.2G VKG/1.0 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 WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT (Athlon XP) Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ VKG/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(tm) XP 1800+ VKG/1.0 CH 1 STPCLK pin waveform CH 2 Vcore waveform 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”...
Vcore Ripple Test(Open up the DOS Editor) Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ VKG/1.0 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”...
STATIC LOAD TEST CORE Test Environment VKG/1.0 Power Supply HP-300SN VID Setting 1.75V Engineer Signature K.E.Y. Electronic Loading Chroma 63030 O.C.P test Over 60A Pass/Fail PASS O.V.P test 2.05V Pass/Fail PASS AGP Slot PCI Slot Temperature Vcore Vcore 5V ATX Loading Voltage Input...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 1.0 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VKG Revision Temperature ( ℃ ) 35 ℃ Humidity rate ( % ) 0 ~ 60 % Thermo Tracer NEC TH5104 Test Program 3Dmark2000 The component temperature measured value was based on 35℃ check in the chamber Comments: and the system during in the 3Dmark2000 Looping testing.
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