CONTENTS PRODUCT INFORMATION ..............4 Motherboard General Information ..............4 Chipset Details ......................4 BIOS Details ......................4 CPU Supports ......................4 Memory Supports ....................4 On-board Features and Devices ................4 Mechanical ....................... 5 DESIGN REVIEW ..................7 Mainboard Voltage Measurement ..............
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Windows XP ......................41 HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST..........42 ......................... 42 CD-ROM ........................ 42 Camera Device ...................... 43 DVD-ROM ......................43 Display Card ......................43 ......................... 44 ........................44 Joystick ........................46 Keyboard ........................ 46 LAN Card ....................... 46 LAN HUB ......................
PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8568 Version Number V0.90/V0.91/V1.0/V2.0 ! AT " ATX ! Micro ATX ! Flex ATX Platform FCC Logo CE Logo Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision P4X266A South Bridge Revision...
" Yes ! No 100 MHz Front Side Bus Supports " Yes ! No PC 133 Support " Yes ! No DDR 266 Support " Yes ! No PCI v2.2 Compliance " Yes ! No ATAPI Compliance " Yes ! No Ultra DMA 33 Support "...
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! Yes ! No " None ! Excellent ! Fair ! Poor ISA Slots(Card) Line Up in Case " Yes ! No ! None " Excellent ! Fair ! Poor PCI Slots(Card) Line Up in Case ! Yes ! No " None ! Excellent ! Fair ! Poor AMR Slot(Card) Line Up in Case "...
DESIGN REVIEW Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V 3.18V Pass Battery Current 2.0uA Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.14 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 11.98 Pass -5.0V+-5% -4.98 Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% -12.25 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.39 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value (MHz) Measured Value...
USB Keyboard Support Disabled Pass IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Pass PC Health Statues Write Actual Values CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current CPU1 Temperature 48ºC / 118ºF Current CPUFAN Speed 4017 RPM CPU Vcore 1.69 V + 3.3 V 3.39 V + 5 V 5.08 V + 12 V...
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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Plug-n-Play Test Pass Multimedia CPU Extensions Fail (Utility issue) 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...
Device APM Test Pass ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment Pentium 4-2.0 GHz Memory SAMSUNG 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CDROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card ASUS V7700 LAN Card INTEL 82559 Test Item Pass/Fail...
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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 Running AVI Files With Multi Stress Pass Winstone 99 Test...
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Add Modem PnP Test Pass Add Joystick PnP Test Pass Add ZIP PnP Test Pass Add LAN PnP Test Pass LAN Port Test 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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Playing Wave Test Pass Playing MIDI Test Pass Playing Video Test Pass Playing MP3 Test Pass CNR Slots Test Add CNR Software Modem Card Test Pass Connect Performance Check Pass Internet Explorer Test Pass Netscape Browser Test Pass FTP Transport Test (Download and Upload Test ) Pass Connect to ISP For 12 hours Pass...
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1024x768 16 bit Pass 1024x768 32 bit Pass 1152x864 none Pass 1152x864 16 bit none Pass 1152x864 32 bit none Pass 1280x1024 none none Pass 1280x1024 16 bit none none Pass 1280x1024 32 bit none none Pass Check Screen Have No Any Shadow Or Garbage Pass Playing MPEG Files Test Pass...
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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 PC-Doctor For Windows CPU Test Pass Hard Driver Test Pass Floppy Test Pass LS-120 Driver Test Pass CD-ROM/DVD Test Pass...
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Winstone 99 Pass Winstone 2001 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...
Flight Simulator98 Pass Forsaken Pass Grand Prix Championship Pass G-Police 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...
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Video Card ELSA GeForce 2 GTS PRO LAN Card 3COM 3C905C-TX Test Item Pass/Fail 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...
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ZIP Device Driver Test Pass Format ZIP Driver With Floppy A Type Pass Format ZIP Driver With Removable Device Type Pass 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 Power On By LAN Test Pass...
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Mic-In Function Check Pass Audio Control Panel Function Test Pass Telephony Function Supports Pass Sound Recorder Test Pass Playing Audio CD Test Pass Playing Wave Test Pass Playing MIDI Test Pass Playing Video Test Pass Playing MP3 Test Pass Game Port Test Pass Windows2000 Utility Test Pass/Fail...
High-End Disk WinMark 99 Pass High-End Graphics WinMark 99 Pass Video Tests Pass Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Pass Content Creation Winstone 2001 Pass SYSMark2001 Internet Content Creation Pass Office Productivity Pass Others SYSmark 98 Pass Wintune 98 Test Pass SYSmark 2000 Pass SYSmark 2001...
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Standby Mode Test Pass Shut Down Test Pass Restart Test Pass Scandisk Test Pass S3 and S4 Function 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...
3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows XP (Professional ) Operating Comment Pentium 4 2.2 GHz Memory SAMSUNG 256MB X 2 QUANTUM Fireball AS40000AT ATA-100 CDROM SONY CDU-5211 Sound Card Onboard CODEC Video Card ELSA GeForce 2 GTS PRO LAN Card INTEL 82550EY Test Item...
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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 Pass DirectDraw Tests Pass Disk Inspection Tests Pass Disk WinMark Pass GDI/USER Inspection Tests Pass...
PCI 2.2 Compliance Pass PCI 3.3 Volt Auxiliary Power Load Pass PCI Configuration Header Dump Pass PCI Latency Pass PCI Test Adapter Diagnostic Pass PCI Voltage Requirement Pass PME# Signal Routing Pass PME# Signal Routing-Simultaneous Pass PXE Server installation Pass Remote Boot Pass RGB Rasterization...
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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 Pass Format 1.44 Floppy Driver Pass IDE Connectors Test CD-ROM Data Read Test...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8568 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 (For DDR) 2000 (512K) 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 108 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 50.6 53.9...
Test Platform Windows Me (For SDRAM) Pentium 4 2.0 GHz (512K) Memory HYNIX 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 104 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 49.6 51.5...
Test Platform Windows2000 Memory SAMSUNG 256MB X 2 MAXTOR 4G160J8 ATA-133 CD-ROM SONY DVD DDU1621 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card ELSA GeForce 2 GTS PRO P4-1.8 G P4-1.9 G P4-2.0 G P4-2.2 G Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 47.6 48.7 53.9 56.6...
Test Platform Windows XP Memory SAMSUNG 256MB X 2 QUANTUM Fireball AS30000AT ATA-100 CD-ROM SONY CDU-5211 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card ELSA GeForce 2 GTS PRO P4- 1.8 G P4- 1.9 G P4 -2.0 G P4- 2.2 G Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 36.9 44.2...
Camera Device Vendor Model Type Drivers Result 3COM 3718 6.6.0.21 Pass Logitech QUICK CAM CD-Ver 4.1 Pass Logitech QUICK CAM HOME 1.0.3.1425 Pass Kodak DC240 Pass O’RIT M-318 CD-Ver 0.91 Pass Comments: DVD-ROM Vendor Model Transfer Rate Type Result CREATIVE DVD2240E ATAPI Pass...
Joystick Vendor Model Type Result Logitech Wingman Pass Logitech Wingman extreme digital 3D Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder Feedback Pro Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder 3D Pro Game Port Pass Microsoft Side Winder Dual Strike Pass Microsoft Side Winder Joystick Pass RockFire QF-606U...
Comments: ZIP/LS120 Vendor Model Size Type Result PANASONIC JU-811T012 100M Pass Iomega Z250ATAPI 250M 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:...
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...
THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 1.0 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8568 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 2.0 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number U8568 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...
FOUR CORNER TEST-Ver1.0 Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE M7 U8568/1.0 CPU Level P4 2.2G RAM TYPE Buffalo 128M pc-133 x 2 VGA TYPE ELSA GeForce 2 ULTRA Power Supply FSP-350-60BN Floppy PANASONIC JU-257 IDE1 Primary IBM deskstar 40G IDE1 Secondary...
K.E.Y. O.C.P test Over 60A Pass/Fail Pass O.V.P test 2.35V Pass/Fail Pass Comments: OCP & OVP TEST-Ver1.0 CORE Test Environment U8568/1.0 Power Supply Enlight hpc-250 VID Setting 1.75V Hip6302cb Electronic Loading Chroma 63030 Engineer Signature K.E.Y. O.C.P test Over 60A Pass/Fail Pass O.V.P test 2.35V...
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