Biostar M7MKB, User Manual

Page 1: ...Federal Communications Commission F C C Statement ...

Page 2: ... 0 Disclaimer 1 1 2 0 Trademarks and Remarks 3 42 5 5 6 5 78 3 1 1 9 777 Canadian D O C Statement ...

Page 3: ...Contents 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 6 4 2 1 22 47 2 1 2 2 47 8 4 6 4 1 4 3 66 A 3 4 B B 4 4 B 4 B 4 B 1 5 4 C 4 B 6 4 ...

Page 4: ...Contents 6 4 5 1 4 3 2 3 5 3 4 5 1 4 4 6 5 4 3 C 4 3 C 4 D 2 3 4 D 2 33 4 D 2 33 3 4 7 4 D 7 2 4 2A 6 C 4 7 7 C 4 7 3 3 4 3 4 4D 4 4 3 4 4 D 4 7 4 2 4 7 E 2 4 B 4 ...

Page 5: ...Contents F 4 5 4 4 4 B 4 ...

Page 6: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 Introduction 0 0 1 1 2 1 3444 2 0 3 1 56 57 82 0 82 0 0 ...

Page 7: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 Features 1 1 1 Hardware 0 0 644 9 344 9 0 9 0 0 7 3 0 0 AB 0 C 7 0 7 0 0 0 6 1 3 ...

Page 8: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5C 3 7 0 4 0 D 0 D 0 E B 55 19F 0 B 0 G 3B B B B 0 664 8 0 B 0 0 3 0 3 0 4H C34H 3 3 77 ...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 0 8 0 8 0 B 8 8 0 B 0 7 9 80 8 E 0 0 8 0 A 3 6 3 1 B 1 1 2 Software 1 0 0 3 0 80 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 3444 1 56 57 2 82 0 82 1 1 3 Attachments 9 E E 0 8 0 9 80 3 B B ...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 2 Motherboard Installation 1 2 1 Layout of Motherboard Model No M7MKB ...

Page 11: ...em Fan Connector FAN2 E Telephony Connector J5 N CMOS Function Selection JBAT F CD Audio In Connector J4 O FDD Connector FDD1 G CD Audio In Connector CD_IN P Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 H AMR CODEC Primary Secondary Q Primary IDE Connector IDE1 Selection J1 R CPU Clock Selection SW1 I Wake On LAN Connector WOL S DIMMs DIMM1 3 J Wake On MODEM Connector WOM T ATX Power Connector CN1 Optional U CPU ...

Page 12: ...ound G Ground 4 5V 17 Green Control Sleep 5 Power LED PW LED 18 Ground Green Switch 6 No Connection Power LED 19 Ground G Ground 7 Ground 20 HDD LED HD LED 8 Ground G Ground 21 HDD LED HDD LED 9 Ground 22 5V IR 10 Power Switch PW BN ATX 23 No Connection IrDA 11 Standby Voltage Power Button 24 IRRX Connector 12 Reset Control RST Reset 25 Ground 13 Ground Button 26 IRTX V G G Sleep G HD LED IR RST P...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4D B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 E 1 0 I B 1 64 B ...

Page 14: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 47 1 3 2 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 E B 4H C34H 3 3 77 1 3 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 3 4J 8 8 9 B 3 B K 34 E 0B 3 2 0 K 0 L 3 3 0 ...

Page 15: ...ard Description 4 1 3 4 ATX 20 pin Power Connector CN1 8 1 8 0 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V ...

Page 16: ...scription 4 1 4 Back Panel Connectors 1 4 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard CONN PS2_KBMS 0 3 2 0 3 K 0 3 M P S 2 K e yb o a rd P S 2 M o u s e U S B C O M 1 C O M 2 P a ra lle l P o rt G a m e P o rt S p e a k e r o u t L in e in M ic in ...

Page 17: ...Connectors Pin Signal Name 1 Data 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 5 V fused 5 Clock 6 No connect 1 4 2 USB Connectors USB 80 M 80 K 80 Stacked USB Connectors Pin Signal Name 1 5 V fused 2 USBP0 USBP1 3 USBP0 USBP1 4 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB port 1 ...

Page 18: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 Front Two USB Connector USB2 Optional Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 5V 2 Ground 3 USBP2 4 Ground 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 USBP3 9 Ground 10 5V B ...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports 4 2 3 0 3 3 I 5 0 36 0 5 36 5 36 ...

Page 20: ... Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8 RX Receive Data 2 3 TX Transmit Data 3 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20 GND Signal Ground 5 7 DSR Data Set Ready 6 6 RTS Request to Send 7 4 CTS Clear to Send 8 5 RI Ring Indicator 9 22 ...

Page 21: ...ignal Pin Strobe 1 Data 0 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 4 Data 3 5 Data 4 6 Data 5 7 Data 6 8 Data 7 9 Ack 10 Busy 11 Paper Empty 12 Select 13 Auto FDXT 14 Error 15 Init 16 SLCTN 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 ...

Page 22: ...board Description 4 1 6 CPU Installation 1 6 1 CPU Installation Procedure 5 0 0 8 8 8 8 WARNING If air circulation is insufficient the CPU will overheat which may damage the CPU CPU slot and the motherboard 8 2 2M 8 B ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 D Installing the Heat Sink Support Frame 9 0 0 9 0 0 1 ...

Page 24: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 7 Insert the CPU into the SEC Solt B E 8 8 9 0 0 E 8 8 9 0 E 1 B 1 ...

Page 25: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 1 4 1 B 1 1 B ...

Page 26: ... 0 MHz ON ON ON OFF 104 MHz 34 6 MHz OFF OFF OFF ON 106 MHz 35 3 MHz ON OFF OFF ON 107 MHz 35 6 MHz OFF ON OFF ON 108 MHz 36 0 MHz ON ON OFF ON 109 MHz 36 3 MHz OFF OFF ON ON 110 MHz 36 6 MHz ON OFF ON ON 111 MHz 37 0 MHz OFF ON ON ON 112 MHz 37 3 MHz ON ON ON ON 133 3 MHz 33 3 MHz ON OFF ON OFF NOTE CPU clock speed over 100MHz is not recommended ...

Page 27: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 7 Jumper Settings L L 1 7 1 CPU Fan Connector FAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Control PIN 2 12V 3 GND ...

Page 28: ...ignment 1 Control PIN 2 12V 3 GND 1 7 3 Wake On MODEM Header WOM Optional Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB 2 GND 3 Wake Up 1 7 4 Wake On LAN Header WOL Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up 1 7 5 AMR Code Primary Secondary Selection J1 Pin No Assignment 1 2 Secondary 2 3 Primary ...

Page 29: ...t 1 3 2 3 Closed Clear CMOS Data Note Please follow the procedure as below to clear CMOS data Note Please follow the procedure as below to clear BIOS password if your password is lost or forgotten Remove AC power line Wait five seconds JBAT 1 2 closed AC power on Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data JBAT 2 3 closed ...

Page 30: ...64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 256 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 512 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 24 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 40 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 72 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 136 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 264 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 520 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 32 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 48 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 80 M 32M x 1 pc 3...

Page 31: ...M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 576 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 144 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 160 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 192 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 256 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 384 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 640 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 272 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 288 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 320 M 3...

Page 32: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 1 8 2 How to install a DIMM Module 0 3 54 9 ...

Page 33: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 4 D 1 9 Audio Subsystem ...

Page 34: ...n Connectors CD_IN J4 Pin No of CD_IN Assignment 1 Right Channel Input 2 GND 3 Left Channel Input 4 GND Pin No of J4 Assignment 1 Right Channel Input 2 GND 3 GND 4 Left Channel Input 1 9 2 Telephony Connector J5 Pin No TAD 1 MONO_IN 2 GND 3 GND 4 MONO_OUT ...

Page 35: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 2 BIOS Setup N 0 0 0 0 0N I B 0 0 0N 0 1 0 A 4 0 0 B 1 0 A 4 1 0 A G 3 B 0 0 B 0 0 1 0 ...

Page 36: ... you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation key...

Page 37: ...atures Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 0 0 WARNING 27378797 7 7 7 ...

Page 38: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 F 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 L 0 K 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...

Page 39: ...Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day month IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None year and century IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory XXXX Extended Memory XXXX Total Memory XXXX Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ...

Page 40: ...its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive instal...

Page 41: ... Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the sytem ...

Page 42: ...lay Second Boot Device HDD 0 fullogo or text mode Third Boot Device LS ZIP when booting Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Move Enter Selec...

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Page 45: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 0 E 0 Q 9 0 0 B 0 B 1 0 0 2 B 2 2 3B 1 I 1 1 I I 1 1 5 B 1 1 1 B 7 4 3 6 34 3 4 ...

Page 46: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 1 1 1 364 B 644 C64 444 0 L 0 0 B 0 C 9 0 2 03 B 03 0 B ...

Page 47: ...ed AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4X Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto X AGP Driving Value DA OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip Sound Auto OnChip Modem Auto Onboard Audio Device Optional Enabled Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 44 9 B 9 0 ...

Page 48: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 K 0 1 B 5 0 0 E4444 EEEEE 9 B 5 0 0 7 3 37 36 9 B R R 0 R R ...

Page 49: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 1 R R 80 B 5 0 8 0 80 B 80 B E 5 0 B ...

Page 50: ... Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode Standard X IR Function Duplex Half X TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode EPP X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio Optional Enabled Sound Blaster Optional Disabled SB I O Base Address Optional 220H SB IRQ Select Optional IRQ 5 SB DMA Se...

Page 51: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 B 2 0 0 0 0 0 B B B B B 4 B 4 B 4 3 8 1 56 0 3 B 8 0 0 B ...

Page 52: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 D 5 0 E B E B 5 2 3 0 E7 F B 3E7 F B 7 F B 3 7 F B 3 B B B 7 5 5 5 0 B 2 B B S E E 0 2 0 ...

Page 53: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 7 B 0 B 5 0 0 M B 9 0 1 0 0 0 A 0 0 9B2 8 4 9B2 0 8 4 3BB 3B L ...

Page 54: ...Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF Wake Up On LAN Ring Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled X Date of Month 0 X Resume Time hh mm ss 0 0 0 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized...

Page 55: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 B 0 0 B M 9 3 0 0 0 T 0 T 9 T 6 U 8I 0 T 0 T 9 T B 1 9 6 5 0 0 B 0 V ...

Page 56: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 0 1 2 B 2 A F B 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 B 1 B 0 B W 1 B B ...

Page 57: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 0 1 B B 1 B 1 2 2 L 0 1 2 2 L B 1 2 1 B 0 K 4 4 K ...

Page 58: ...t Yes if you are X DMA Resources Press Enter using a Plug and Play capable operating PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled system Select No if Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled you need the BIOS to Assign IRQ For USB Enabled configure non boot devices Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 1 1 K 0 0 A 0 0 B 1 N 5 3444 1 2 0 ...

Page 59: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 0 0 0 HB 0 B I 0 0 F M 0 F M 0 F 6 M 0 F C M 0 F 5 M 0 F 4 M 0 F M 0 F 3 M 0 F M 0 F 6 M 0 4 M 0 M 0 M 0 6 M 0 M 0 C M 0 0 0 0 0 B 0 F F G F ...

Page 60: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 A 1 1 0 A A A 9 A A A A 1 A A A 0 1 0 A 1 A 1 0 A 0 0 8 B A J I A J I ...

Page 61: ... sec Current CPU Temp Item Help Current System Temp Menu Level Current CPUFAN Speed Current SYSFAN Speed Vcore VccSRAM 3 3V 5V 12V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 0 B 6 8 6 1 8 7 868 7 7 23 ...

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Page 63: ...ced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults KI Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N ...

Page 64: ...ced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults KI Load Optimized Defaults Y N N ...

Page 65: ...eatures Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change Set Disable password 1 6 7 O P 0 K O P K O P L O P Enter Password ...

Page 66: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 4 6 7 6 8 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 ...

Page 67: ...tures Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS RKR 0 8 0 R2R 0 8 SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y ...

Page 68: ...eatures Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Datas RKR 0 8 0 R 2R 0 8 Quit without Saving Y N N ...

Page 69: ...on 4 VIA ACPI Registry Used for patching Windows Registry System to let Windows recognizes new devices Windows 95 98 NT4 0 Mb_drv Service VIA Hardware Monitor VIA Hardware Monitor is a self diagnostic system for PC Windows 95 98 NT4 0 2000 Mb_drv Sysdiag HighPoint XStore Pro Install the drivers to support Ultra DMA mode Hard Drive Windows 95 98 Mb_drv Xstore DirectX 7 0 Install Microsoft DirectX 7...

Page 70: ...CI128 Audio Install the driver to enable the Creative Audio Device Windows 95 98 NT4 0 2000 Audio Creative Award Flash Utility Used for updating BIOS Flash 3 2 Software Installation 1 8 0 B The drivers can be installed from CD by using CD Installation Utility K 8 8 8 The drivers CAN NOT be installed directly from CD by using CD Installation Utility 20 ...

Page 71: ...Chapter 3 Software 3 3 3 Using Software In general you can get more detailed information in the on line help or readme for the softwares Using VIA Hardware Monitor 9 9 6 9 6 ...

Page 72: ...Chapter 3 Software 3 A 9 A E ...

Page 73: ... system is still dead Contact technical support Faulty wall outlet circuit breaker or fuse blown Plug in device known to work in socket and test Use different socket repair outlet reset circuit breaker or replace fuse 0 H 0 1 0 1 Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the motherboard Turn off computer Take cover off system unit Check the DIMM to ensure it is securely seated in the slo...

Page 74: ...r disk controller Format hard disk if unable to do so the hard disk may be defective Contact technical support Hard disk directory or FAT is scrambled Run the FDISK program format the hard drive Copy data that was backed up onto hard drive Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time 0 9 0 1 0 1 Hard Disk boot program has been destroyed A...

Page 75: ...hard drive Re install all saved data when completed 0 0 E 0 1 0 1 Incorrect information entered into the configuration setup program Check the configuration program Replace any incorrect information Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup 0 0 1 0 1 No power to monitor Check the power connectors to monitor and to system Make sure monitor is connected to display card Moni...

Page 76: ... sure that all memory modules are installed in correct sockets Computer virus Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses 0 0 1 0 1 Screen saver is enabled Disable screen saver H 0 1 0 1 Keyboard is disconnected Reconnect keyboard Check keys again if no improvement replace keyboard ...

Page 77: ... set up Call technical support M 0 1 0 1 Hard drive cable not connected properly Check hard drive cable 0 1 0 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly Set master slave jumpers correctly Hard drives not compatible different manufacturers Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives ...

Page 78: ...Chapter 4 Trouble shooting 4 0 1 0 1 CMOS setup has been changed Run setup and select correct drive type 0 1 0 1 Keys jammed or defective Replace keyboard H 0 1 0 1 Keyboard is locked Unlock keyboard ...

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