20 Most Recent Biostar M7VIG-400 (M7VIG 400-COMBO4) Motherboard Questions & Answers

if possible at the makers web site BIOSTAR they have sites based on your unstated country so google it, find yours and go there. some makers have 10 web sites for 10 regions of earth due to all 10 are not the same PC.or device. by laws etc.

if not sound card then go to biostar and download from there under support

Try removing your motherboard out from the case..that solves it

this is a

try reset CMOS.or re-wiring the electrical wires,make sure they are seated tight.

The expansion slots on this motherboard are -EXPANSION SLOT

• 3 x PCI Slots
• 1 x CNR Slots
• 1 x AGP 4X Slots

I suggest you purchase an AGP video card for this motherboard.There is a big range of AGP video cards to choose from.

if your computer came with a motherboard disc the sound drivers could be on it

click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll to sound video and game controllers you might see a yellow question exclamation mark? ! or a red X Right click to reinstall drivers

click start control panel sounds and audio volume advanced speakers make sure you have selected the

(appropriate speakers) also audio you will find 3 drop down lists make sure you have selected the correct speaker settings there

click start control panel sounds and audio devices select advanced there might be a tick in the mute box untick ithope this helps

Does the hard drive spin? Does it seem like it booted up except the display is blank? If so, try using another monitor on the computer.If it is a laptop try the steps below:

Shine a flashlight on the dark screen to see if you barely see the icons on the desktop. If so, then the LCD Inverter is bad. Plug in an external monitor and see if the display shows up on it. It can be any kind of monitor even the old big fat crt monitors as long as it has a vga cable to connect to your computer's vga port. If the video shows on the external monitor that proves your video card is ok, ,but your lcd screen is bad. The video will show on most systems when you reboot without you having to do anything. Some systems will require you to hit the FN (Function key) + F1 thru F12. Hold down the FN key then hit the correct key for displaying on the monitor (F1 thru F12). The correct key will normally have CRT/LCD on it or it will have the icon of a display. If you see no icons by shinning a flash light and the external monitor works, then your screen is bad. If you see no icons by shinning the flash light and nothing shows on the external monitor, then most likely your video card is bad. If it is a desktop try the steps below:Connect another monitor to the computer. Borrow a monitor from a neighbor, friend, relative or co-worker and connect it to the computer. If the Borrowed monitor displays ok, then your video card inside the computer is good, but your original monitor is bad. If the Borrowed monitor does not display then the video card inside the computer is bad.If it does not seem like the computer boots all the way up, then try the steps below:

When you plug in the power cord is there any lights whatsoever on the laptop, where the plug goes in or on the AC Adapter of the power cord? When you press the power button do you hear fans running, hard drive spinning, lights on the computer, hear any beeps or lights constantly blinking, hear the DvD/CD drive click and the light on the drawer of the DvD/CD turn on for a second or two? If so the laptop is trying to boot or may have booted, but the screen is not showing for some reason. Beep tones and blinking lights tells the technicians what is going on with the laptop and why it is not booting. Most times it's a motherboard issue when you hear beeps or blinking lights continuous. Most times the problem is with the memory or Video Card. Count the Blinking Lights or Beeps and take note of their pattern (1 Long or 1 Long followed by 2 Short). Maybe your power cord is bad if you don't get anything to happen whatsoever when you press the power button. And if that's true maybe you was operating off the battery the last time you had it on and since the power cord is bad, it was not charging the battery so the battery is drained and the power cord is bad. Maybe you have a Static Charge Buildup. Remove the Power Cord, Remove the Battery, then Press and Hold the power button for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds plug the power cord back in (leave the battery out) and hit the power button to see if it boots. If it does, you can put the battery back in and let it charge.

Maybe your DC Power Jack which is where the power cord plugs into the computer is bad. Take an ink pen and push the tip inside the jack and see if the little pin wiggles, if so the jack is bad. You'll have to take the laptop apart to fix it. Most times it is soldered onto the motherboard, so you will have to desolder the old and solder a new one.

Maybe your memory is bad or the memory slot is bad.

Remove the Power Cord, Open the Case and remove one of the memory chips. Set the chip aside then try rebooting the computer. If it boots, then you know the memory chip you set aside is bad so mark an x on it with an ink pen. If it fails to boot then move the chip to the next memory slot and try rebooting. If it fails take the chip out and set it aside, then put the other chip in and try booting it in both slots. If it boots, just to verify that the chip set aside is bad, mark an x on it and put it into the open memory chip slot and try booting.

add more ram is the best way of speeding up a computer you might have to many programs running at the same time putting to much strain on the CPU try uninstalling a few unnecessary programs click start control panel administrive tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start tick in both boxes this will schedule to on restart do not have any input while chkdsk utility is in progress any might further damage your computer scroll to the bottom toolbar bottom of screen right click you can select task manager applications also processes you will see whats running on your computer and ticking over if you see if you see something running that you does not need to be running select end now then you might you might uninstall that particular program and some unnecessary programs you might have virus slowing your computer this should speed up your computer you should also check leads from motherboard to hard drive for secure dust free connections if you need more help with this post a reply hope this helps you

change your RAM or Bord problem

Hi,

I see you are having issues with drivers for your Audio on your BIOSTAR motherboard.

See this link for the Drivers, make sure you select the one specific to the windows installed on your system.

If you already tried that try VINYL Audio Driver - Link

DRIVER possible

LINK1 - Alternative

I hope this will help.

Hi, the homepage for the mainboard is here:

http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdownloads.asp?model=M7VIG 400

The problem could be:
Overheating or defect cpu.
Faulty or defect graphic card.
Harddrive failure bad sectors.
Ram failure.

Hi, you can download a manual here:

http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdownloads.asp?model=M7VIG 400

You need adobe reader to read the file:

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Hi, try to download a manual from here:

http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdownloads.asp?model=M7VIG 400

Its great for troubleshooting.

You can download drivers from Biostar here. (This is the page for M7VIG 400. The page for M7VIG PRO lists the same drivers.) They list which operating systems are supported for each device.

I see your question asks "what kind of ... drives". If you didn't mean "drivers" and I've misunderstood your question, please post a follow-up with more information and I'll try to help further.

Test your PSU or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your "((MOTHERBOARD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE))" make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they could be faulty a computer needs its connections to continue its cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error even something as small as a faulty electrical extension or fan lead can cause this problem hope this helps

follow the troubleshooting procedure a computer needs all of the data and electrical current to travel through every device and to have an end to be able work properly

a motherboard and a hard drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive if its a flat ribbon 40 pin type IDE replace it this will be the first to fail check all electrical extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd floppy drives need to have current go through make sure these drives are working hope this helps also it could be a dirty computer clean all of the dust from your computer you could use a vacuum cleaner but whatever you use make absolutely sure there is no moisture gets to anything in your computer

also check the Cmos battery and computer ram make sure they are securely seated

hope this helps

hi.
your problems are due to virus activity. if you are still using avg anti-virus, if you have windows cd, repair your system using the cd.
do you ever do own system recovery?

I am very happy to hear feedback from you so please contact me for more information

TQ

This does not have anything to do with the software. It's better to contact the shop and let them look at the problems of their product.

Thanks