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I just am not qualified enough to make sure this is as good or better than the Motherboard I had, I will post the old one and then the replacement I received Fedx today, Thrusday they are coming to my house and putting it in and want to make sure its better or as good? Please advise, I just don't trust computer places. It is of no cost to me its thru insuance and my board was not available?
Old Board
GA-7VKMP
VIA KM266 chipset
Processor
Socket A for AMD Athlon™/Athlon™ XP/Duron™ 200/266 MHz FSB processorsSupports 500MHz ~ 2000+ and faster
Chipset
North-bridge: VIA KM266South-bridge: VIA 8235
Realtek 8100 10/100Mb LAN chip
Sigmatel 9721 AC97 codec (Rev 3.2 and before)
Realtek ALC 101AC97 codec chip (Rev 3.3 and later)
Memory
Supports PC1600/DDR200 or PC2100/DDR266 DDR memorySupports up to 1GB DDR memory
2 DIMMs of 184-pin DDR sockets
Internal I/O Connectors
2 x ATA 66/100/133 bus master IDE ports1 x FDD, 2 x HDD and 1 x CD audio input
IrDA(1x5) and COM2 on board
GBT standard front panel
2 x USB2.0 connectors (support 4 ports by cable)
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP 4X slot3 x PCI slots support 33MHz and PCI 2.2 compliant
Rear Panel I/O
2 x USB2.0 ports1 x COM port
1 x RJ45 LAN port
1 x LPT
PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse and
1 x VGA port
Power
ATX 20-pin power connectorncludes CPU, system fan control
ACPI states supported
Wake up from S1 and power on from S5
Form Factor
Micro ATX and 4 layers PCB ( 24.3 x 21.0 cm)
H/W Monitoring
System voltage detect (Vcore, VDD, Vcc,+12V)H/W detect and report power-in voltage, CPU voltage
CPU/System fan revolution and temperature detect
BIOS
2Mbit flash ROMIDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable
Supports @BIOS™ Live Update utility
Auto-detect and report system health status
AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/ME/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions
Other Features
Suspend-To-RAM (STR)Supports EasyTune III™, @BIOS™ and Q-Flash™
Driver
VIA 4-in-1 service pack utilityGigabyte Windows Utility Manager
VIA 8233 audio driver(For Rev.3.2)
Realtek Audio driver (For Rev 3.3 and later)
New Board
7VM400M-RZ
VIA KM400 chipset
Processor
Socket A for AMD Athlon™ XP / Athlon™ /Duron™ processor
Chipset
Northbridge : VIA KM400Southbridge : VIA 8235
Super I/O : ITE IT8705F
Integrated Peripherals
VIA 6103 Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN PHY
VIA 1617 codec chip
Front Side Bus
333/266/200 MHz FSB
Memory
Type : DDR333 (PC2700)/DDR266(PC2100)/ DDR200(PC1600)-184pinMax capacity : Up to 2GB by 2 DIMM slots
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x FDD port2 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports
2 x USB 2.0 connectors (support 4 ports)
1 x Game/ Midi connector
1 x Com connector
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP slot (8X/4X-AGP 3.0 compliant)3 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse1 x VGA port
1 x RJ45 port
2 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x COM port
Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) ports
1 x LPT
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
CPU FSB adjustable via BIOS (1MHz-linear)
Form Factor
m-ATX, Dimension : ( 24.4 x 23.3 cm )
H/W Monitoring
System health status auto-detect and report by BIOSH/W detect and report CPU voltage
Support auto temperature detect thermal shutdown function
BIOS
2Mbit BIOS ROM
Other Features
@BIOSQ-Flash
Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security™Norton Anti Virus™
Norton™ Personal Firewall
Norton™ Privacy Control
Norton™ Parental Control
Norton™ Spam Alert
GIGABYTE Windows Utility ManagerAdobe Acrobat Reader

Didn't need all that...just the board make/model would have been fine.
The new board is much better...newer/faster chipset & supports faster CPUs w/higher FSB. I suggest you get a "real" video card rather than using the onboard though.
ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

good, was hoping it was ok, as far as a video card, I don't play games online, most of which is photos and works, but will keep in mind.

Gosh, I was looking at video cards, they are very expensive, isn't there a real cheap one that would be better than the onboard one, not for gaming.

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