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Please click the start button from tools bar, then follow the instruction as below to modify the Audio mode.
-> Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> CMI Audio Config -> Speakers -> Change from 2 channel to 4 channel.
By the way, the Line in port (blue color) where is on your parallel port that it will be became another line out port as same as the original line out port (Green Color). Our motherboards as M7TDK & M7TDQ able supported this 4 channel audio function.

These motherboards as M7VKS & M7VKQ & M7VKG& M7VKD & M7VIF & M7VIB are able supported the AMD New Mode 18 with .13u CPU.

M7SXF, M7SXD and M7VIF. However, due to Chipset limitation the M7SXF only able to support 2 pieces of DDR333 memory. These three models are the first few models, which are able to support DDR333 memory in the world.

Currently, M7SXD, M7VIF & M7VIB (2.5 v) are the motherboard which can support ATA133 HDD.

To use the flash utility within the bios,

1. Download the necessary Bios from Biostar website to a FDD.
2. Power On the system with the floppy disk and press Del key In order to enter CMOS Setup Menu.
3. Choose "Bios Flasher" function and the system will auto detect the Bios files which was located in the disk.

Currently, the USB 2.0 Is available on Biostar M7VIF motherboard. In the PC market, only a few model of motherboard able to support USB 2.0 nowadays.

Biostar has done a full test to support AMD Athlon XP CPU for the following models: M7VIB(version1.2), M7VKD(version1.1) and M7VKG(Version1.0).

There are three reasons could possibly cause this issue.

1. Windows XP requires an ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) function. Some model of motherboard does not support this function, or bios version don!|t have it enable. Please check with FAE department for detail or download the latest bios for the model of your motherboard.
2. An incorrect mass-storage device (such as a SCSI or IDE controller) driver is being loaded, or the driver was not written for Windows and is not compatible. Contact the device's manufacturer or download the latest driver for the mass-storage device.
3. There is a device connected to your mass-storage device that is preventing Windows from being installed. Remove any devices (such as scanners, tape drives, removable drives, and so on) from the mass-storage device controller. If the computer is IDE-based, verify that you have the master and slave designations set properly. If the mass-storage controller is SCSI-based, verify that the termination and bus speed is set properly. For more detail information, please refer to the Microsoft Web-site Knowledge Base as below link. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q310/7/60.ASP

Computer's Technology Is trend to High Speed CPU, nowadays. However, high speed CPU will generate a huge Thermal Energy proportionally. The Thermal Energy will transfer as CPU Heat and subsequently it will affect the system performance. In the worst cases, if the CPU heat is over certain limit it will causes the system hang-up. Therefore, the way to work out this problem is to improve processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heat sink. If you are not sure which CPU heat sink Is suitable for you AMD CPU, please refer to following website. The entire CPU heat-sink model which is listed on this website had been approved by the AMD.
Http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals

When the system was booting, the BIOS Version will be shown on the top of the screen, located at the Upper Left hand corner. For Instance, your will see something like below, VKB0618B VKB - The model of the motherboard 0618 - The date of the BIOS. B - Stand for Biostar.