CONTENTS PRODUCT INFORMATION..............5 Motherboard General Information ................5 Chipset Details ......................5 BIOS Details ....................... 5 CPU Supports......................5 Memory Supports......................5 On-board Features and Devices .................. 5 Mechanical ........................6 DESIGN REVIEW..................8 Mainboard Voltage Measurement................8 Bus Clock ........................8 REQUIRED BIOS DEFAULT SETTINGS..........
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Joystick........................43 Keyboard ........................44 LAN Card........................44 LAN HUB ......................... 45 Memory ........................45 Modem Card......................46 Mouse ........................46 Monitor........................47 Power Supply ......................47 Printer ........................48 Scanner ........................48 SCSI Card........................48 Sound Card........................ 49 USB HUB........................49 ZIP/LS120 .........................
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Motherboard General Information ................71 THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 1.1 ............. 72 Motherboard General Information ................72 FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver0.9............... 73 Test Equipment & Environment ................73 BCM Stress Test (30 min.)..................73 FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver0.92............. 74 Test Equipment & Environment ................74 BCM Stress Test (30 min.)..................
PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7 VKQ Version Number V0.90/V0.92/V1.0/V1.1 Platform Micro ATX Flex ATX FCC Logo CE Logo Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision KLE133 (VT8361) South Bridge Revision VT82C686B Clock Generator Vendor...
ATAPI Compliance Ultra DMA 33 Support Ultra DMA 66 Support ATA-100 Support USB Connector Support AGP (2X/4X) Slot 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 100Mb...
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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 Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V/7uA 3.07V/7.3uA Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.07V Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 12.25V Pass -5.0V+-5% Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -12.56V Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.4V Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value (MHz) Measured Value Pass/Fail CPU and Clock Host...
OnChip USB Enabled Pass USB Keyboard Support Disabled Pass OnChip Sound Auto Pass OnChip Modem Auto Pass CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Pass POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ACPI Function Enabled Pass Power Management Press Enter Pass Power Management User Define Pass HDD Power Down Disabled...
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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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 Pass Boot From ATAPI ZIP/LS120 Drive Pass...
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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 Pass Drive Speed Test...
Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment Athlon XP 1800+ Memory KINGSTON 256 M * 2 IBM 76.8 G / ATA 100 CDROM TEAC 40 X Sound Card Onboard Video Card Onboard AMR Card PCTel / MR-56K LAN Card Onboard ; INTEL 82559 Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability 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 99 Test Pass 3D Mark 2000 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 LAN Port Test Boot ROM Function Test Pass Login Server Test Pass Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass Playing AVI Files By The LAN Pass Setup Installation Winstone 2001 By The LAN Pass Setup Installation Winbench 99 By The LAN Pass...
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Playing Wave Test Pass Playing MIDI Test Pass Playing Video Test Pass Playing MP3 Test Pass ISA Slots Test Add LAN Card Test Pass Add Token Ring LAN Card Test Pass Add Sound Card Test Pass Add Modem Card Test Pass AMR Slots Test Add AMR Software Modem Card Test...
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1024x768 16 bit None Pass 1024x768 32 bit None Pass 1280x1024 None Pass 1280x1024 16 bit None Pass 1600x1200 None None None Pass 1600x1200 16 bit None None None Pass Check Screen Have No Any Shadow Or Garbage Pass Playing MPEG Files Test Pass Playing VCD Test Pass...
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CD-ROM Test Pass Stress Test –Loop 100 Pass MS Mouse Pass MS Joystick Pass MS ScanDisk Pass PC-Doctor For Windows 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...
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Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2002 Pass 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...
HEXEN II Pass Incoming Pass Interstate’76 Pass 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...
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System Comparability Test Windows 2000 Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test Pass 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...
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LS120 Device Driver Test Pass LAN Port Test Boot ROM Function Test Pass Login Server Test Pass Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass ADSL Link Test Pass PCI Slots Test Add SCSI Card Test Pass Add LAN Card Test Pass Power On By LAN Test (Intel 82558B) Pass...
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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 Speaker Out Quality Test Pass R/L Channel Check Pass CD-In Function Check Pass Line-In Function Check Pass Mic-In Function Check Pass...
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Network Test Pass CD-ROM Pass Winbench 99 (1.2) 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...
Dozer (Server Side)-WOR Pass PnP Disable/Enable-Device I/O Pass Power Management Timer Pass Processor Throttle Pass ACPI Power Button 4 Second Override Pass Legacy to ACPI State Transition Pass ACPI AML Stream and ACPI namespace Pass Interrupt 15h Function E820H Pass Power Button and Sleep Button Pass ACPI Stress (extended)-Device I/O...
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Supports Driver Installation Test Pass 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...
BenchMark Pass Demo Mode Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows XP (Professional ) Operating Comment Athlon XP 2000+ Memory HYUNDAI 128MB X 2 QUANTUM AS40000AT ATA-100 CDROM SONY DVD-DDU1621 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIDEO LAN Card On-Board REALTEK Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test...
Floppy Disk Pass Network Test Pass CD-ROM Pass Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2001 Pass 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...
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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 Pass Add LAN Card Test Pass...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VKQ 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 (FSB:100 MHz) Duron 1300 MHz Memory MT 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock 100 MHz 104 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 41.2 42.2...
Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:133 MHz) Athlon 1800 + Memory MT 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM PHILIPS 48X Sound Card On board Video Card On board CPU Front Side Bus Clock 133 MHz 136 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 52.7 52.2 Content Creation Winstone2002...
PERFORMANCE TEST Test Platform Windows ME Memory MT 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board Duron 1300 Athlon 1400 XP 1900+ XP 2000+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 46.8 52.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 49.3 50.4 58.4...
Test Platform Windows2000 Memory SIEMENS 128MB X 2 IBM DTLA-307015 ATA-100 CD-ROM SONY DVD-DDU1621 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIDEO D1300 A1400 XP 1800+ XP 2000+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 41.5 47.4 48.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 61.7 64.8 71.7 Comments:...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory SIEMENS 128MB X 2 QUANTUM AS40000AT ATA-100 CD-ROM SONY DVD-DDU1621 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIDEO D1300 A1400 XP 1800+ XP 2000+ Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 19.7 21.2 23.2 22.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 20.2 24.7 25.7...
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 Windows98 Second Edition Pass 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...
VCORE WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT-Ver0.9 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon(TM) XP 1800+ VKQ/0.9 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+ VKQ/0.9 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(TM) XP 1800+ VKQ/0.9 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 MEASUREMENT0.92 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ VKQ/0.92 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 1900+ VKQ/0.92 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 1900+ VKQ/0.92 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 1.0 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2000+ VKQ/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+ VKQ/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 2000+ VKQ/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 WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT 1.1 Vcore Ripple Test(Dos Mode) Athlon XP 2000+ VKQ/1.1 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 2000+ VKQ/1.1 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 2000+ VKQ/1.1 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 M7VKQ 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...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 1.1 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M7VKQ 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...
STATIC LOAD TEST -Ver0.92 CORE Test Environment VKQ/0.92 Power Supply ST-301HR VID Setting 1.75V Engineer Signature Electronic Loading Chroma 63030 O.C.P test Over 60A Pass/Fail Pass O.V.P test 2.02V Pass/Fail Pass AGP Slot PCI Slot Temperature Vcore Vcore 5V ATX Loading Voltage Input...
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