PRODUCT INFORMATION Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M6 VLQ Version Number V0.90/V1.1/V2.0/V2.1 Platform Micro ATX Flex ATX FCC Logo CE Logo Chipset Details System Chipset Vendor North Bridge Revision VT8601T South Bridge Revision VT82C686B Clock Generator Vendor Winbond...
66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Supports PCI v2.2 Compliance ATA-3 Compliance 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...
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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 Poor Wake-on Modem connector in PCB None Excellent Fair Poor CD Audio-in Connector in PCB None Excellent Fair...
DESIGN REVIEW Mainboard Voltage Measurement Voltage List Voltage SPEC Voltage Measured Result Battery Voltage 3.0V Pass Battery Current Pass 5.0V+-5% 5.13 Pass +12V 12.0V+-5% 12.14 Pass -5.0V+-5% -4.98 Pass Pass -12V -12.0V+-10% +12.24 Pass +3.3V +3.3V+-5% 3.41 Pass Bus Clock Clock Frequency Spec Value (MHz) Measured Value...
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PCI Clock Rising Time 1ns~4ns 0.91 Pass PCI Clock Falling Time 1ns~4ns 1.09 Pass Comments:...
REQUIRED BIOS DEFAULT SETTINGS Lists Specification Result BIOS FEATURES SETUP Boot Device Select Press Enter Pass Frist Boot Device Floppy Pass Second Boot Device HDD-0 Pass Third Boot Device LS120 Pass Boot Other Device Enabled Pass Shadow Control Press Enter Pass Video BIOS Shadow Enabled...
OnChip Sound Auto Pass OnChip Modem Auto Pass POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ACPI Function Enabled Pass Power Management Press Enter Pass Power Management User Define Pass HDD Power Down Disable Pass Doze Mode Disable Pass Suspend Mode Disable Pass PM Control by APM Pass Video Off Option Suspend...
Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Pass INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS OnChip IDE Channel0 Press Enter Pass OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled Pass OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Pass IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Pass Primary Master PIO Auto Pass Primary Slave PIO Auto Pass Secondary Master PIO Auto Pass Secondary Slave PIO...
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+3.3V 3.42 V +5.0V 5.12 V +12V 12.12 V Comments:...
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 2000 Server Pass Windows XP Home Edition Pass Windows XP Professional Pass Linux (Red Hat 7.1) Pass Basic On-board Function Test Test Platform...
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SMI Function Test SMI Pin Function Test Pass 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 Keyboard Test Pass Power On By Mouse Test Pass Power On By LAN Test (Intel SPD3) Pass...
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CMOS Validity Test Pass Speaker Test Pass PCI System Test Pass 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...
Serial Port Test Pass Parallel Port Test Pass PS/2 Mouse Test Pass APM Functionality Test Pass Device APM Test Pass ACPI Test Pass I82557 Ethernet chip Pass Comments: Test Platform Windows ME Operating Comment Pentium III-1200 MHz Memory MOSEL 128M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CDROM PHILIPS 48X...
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3D Mark 2000 Test (Continue loop 10) Pass BCM Memory 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 PnP Test Pass Add Modem PnP Test Pass Print Port Test Add Printer PnP Test Pass...
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Peer to Peer 10Mbps or 100Mbps Data Transfer Test Pass Power On By LAN Test Pass Wake On LAN Test (Standby Mode) Pass Shut Down By The LAN 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 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 Pass Connect Performance Check Pass...
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Check Screen Have No Any Shadow Or Garbage Pass Playing MPEG Files Test Pass Playing VCD Test Pass Playing DVD Test Pass 3D Winbench 99 3D Performance Pass 3D Processing Pass 3D Quality Pass 3D WinMark Pass Playing *.AVI files (Stress Test for Over Night) Pass Audio Function Test Audio Drivers Setup Installation Test...
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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 PCI Test Pass Video Test Pass AGP Test Pass COM Loopback Pass Serial Port Internal Test Pass Parallel Port Internal Test Pass...
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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 WinMark 2000 3D Marks Pass Demo Mode Pass SYSMark2001 Internet Content Creation Pass Office Productivity 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 NBA Live99 Pass O.ZONE Pass Quake III Pass Red Alert Pass Rush Hour Pass RedLine Racer Pass SEGA Manx TT Pass...
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Scandisk Test Pass Setup installation Microsoft Office 2000 Test Pass Memory Comparability Test Winstone 99 Business Winstone 99 Pass High-End Winstone 99 Pass Device Comparability Test PS/2 Connector Test PS/2 Keyboard Test Pass PS/2 Mouse Test Pass COM Port Test Add Serial Mouse PnP Test Pass Add Modem PnP Test...
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Add Sound Card Test Pass Add Modem Card Test Pass Wake On Modem Test (Standby Mode) Pass Add Digital Video Card 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...
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Game Port Test Pass Windows2000 Utility Test Pass/Fail 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 Stress Test –Loop 100 Pass...
Internet Setting Pass Net Diagnostics Pass System restore Pass File Signature Verification Utility Pass DirectX Diagnostics Tool Pass 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...
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CDROM SONY DVD-ROM DU1621 Sound Card On-Board CODEC Video Card On-Board VIA VIDEO LAN Card 3COM 3C905B-TX Test Item Pass/Fail System Comparability Test Windows XP Setup Installation Test Pass Supports Driver Installation Test Pass Standby Mode Test Pass Shut Down Test Pass Restart Test Pass...
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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 Pass WHQL HCT Pre-Test S3 Compliance Pass ACPI Sleep Pass ACPI Stress-Device I/O (Extended) Pass...
RGB Rasterization Pass Serial Port Stress Pass Signal Driver Check Pass Storage Device Stress Pass SysParse Pass System Stress Pass System Wake-up Pass Unreported I/O Pass USB Device Framework Pass USB Device Wake Up Pass USB Manual Interoperability Pass USB Port Reporting Pass USB Salf-powered Hub Pass...
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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 Add Sound Card Test Pass...
RELIABILITY TEST Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M6VLQ 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) PIII-850 Memory NEC 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 8M) CPU Front Side Bus Clock 100 MHz 110 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 Content Creation Winstone2001 34.9...
Test Platform Windows Me (FSB:133 MHz) PIII-1000 Memory NEC 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 8M) CPU Front Side Bus Clock 133 MHz 140 MHz Winstone 2001 Business Winstone 2001 36.7 Content Creation Winstone2001 38.8...
PERFORMANCE TEST Test Platform Windows ME Memory NEC 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 8M) Celeron 766 PIII-850 PIII-1000 PIII-1200 Winstone 2001 (v1.1) Business Winstone 2001 23.8 36.7 42.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 27.3 34.9...
Test Platform Windows ME Memory NEC 256M X2 IBM DTLA-307030 CD-ROM LITEON LTN-362 Sound Card On board Video Card On board (Frame buffer 8M) C3-800 Celeron 1200 Winstone 2001 (v1.1) Business Winstone 2001 21.9 41.2 Content Creation Winstone2001 19.8 44.2 Comments: Winbench 99(v1.2) Business Disk WinMark 99...
HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST Vendor Model Frequency Type Result Intel Pentium III 550 MHz FC-PGA Pass Intel Pentium III 600 MHz FC-PGA Pass Intel Pentium III 650 MHz FC-PGA Pass Intel Pentium III 667 MHz FC-PGA Pass Intel Pentium III 700 MHz FC-PGA Pass Intel...
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-Ver1.1 Finished Date: 90/10/29 CPU_1.70v setup 1. Select the RUN Button –changes to read “STOP” when operating. 2. Adjust the Toggle Frequency to the desired setting. 3. Adjust the Duty Cycle to the desired setting. 4. Adjust the Slew Rate to the desired setting. 5.
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AK2 PIN Vcore1.7V PASS Vcore Static Waveform Vcore Transient Waveform PS: 1. Transient and Static Waveform : VID setting : 1.7V , Icc :22A , Frequency : 2KHz 2.Static Test Range : +40mV~ -80mV 3.Transient Test Range : +80mV~ -110mV...
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C4 PIN Vcore1.7V PASS Vcore Static Waveform Vcore Transient Waveform PS: 1. Transient and Static Waveform : VID setting : 1.7V , Icc :22A , Frequency : 2KHz 2.Static Test Range : +40mV~ -80mV 3.Transient Test Range : +80mV~ -110mV...
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AK34 PIN Vcore1.7V PASS Vcore Static Waveform Vcore Transient Waveform PS: 1. Transient and Static Waveform : VID setting : 1.7V , Icc :22A , Frequency : 2KHz 2.Static Test Range : +40mV~ -80mV 3.Transient Test Range : +80mV~ -110mV...
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B34 PIN Vcore1.7V PASS Vcore Static Waveform Vcore Transient Waveform PS: 1. Transient and Static Waveform : VID setting : 1.7V , Icc :22A , Frequency : 2KHz 2.Static Test Range : +40mV~ -80mV 3.Transient Test Range : +80mV~ -110mV...
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CPU_1.65v setup 1. Select the RUN Button –changes to read “STOP” when operating. 2. Adjust the Toggle Frequency to the desired setting. 3. Adjust the Duty Cycle to the desired setting. 4. Adjust the Slew Rate to the desired setting. 5.
THERMAL IMAGE TEST – Ver 0.9 Motherboard General Information Vendor Biostar Model Number M6VLQ Revision 0.90 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 M6VLQ 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 M6VLQ 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-Ver 0.9 Test Equipment & Environment M/B TYPE VLQ/0.9 CPU Level PIII 1.2GHz/133 RAM TYPE Buffalo pc-133 128Mx2 VGA TYPE Onboard Power Supply FSP-350-60BN Floppy PANASONIC JU-257 IDE1 Primary IBM deskstar 30G dma-100 IDE1 Secondary SEAGATE ST34321A IDE2 Primary PIONEER DVD ROM IDE2 Secondary IOMEGA ZIP250...
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