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Received new Motherboard

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Name: Pistal
Date: November 15, 2005 at 13:36:32 Pacific
OS: xpsp2
CPU/Ram: amdp4-1024
Comment:

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 processors

Supports 500MHz ~ 2000+ and faster


Chipset
North-bridge: VIA KM266

South-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 memory

Supports 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 ports

1 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 slot

3 x PCI slots support 33MHz and PCI 2.2 compliant


Rear Panel I/O
2 x USB2.0 ports

1 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 connector

ncludes 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 ROM

IDE#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 utility

Gigabyte 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 KM400

Southbridge : 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)-184pin

Max capacity : Up to 2GB by 2 DIMM slots


Internal I/O Connectors
1 x FDD port

2 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 / Mouse

1 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 BIOS

H/W detect and report CPU voltage

Support auto temperature detect thermal shutdown function


BIOS
2Mbit BIOS ROM


Other Features
@BIOS

Q-Flash


Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security™

Norton Anti Virus™

Norton™ Personal Firewall

Norton™ Privacy Control

Norton™ Parental Control

Norton™ Spam Alert


GIGABYTE Windows Utility Manager

Adobe Acrobat Reader



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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: November 15, 2005 at 14:26:48 Pacific
Reply:

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


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Response Number 2
Name: Pistal
Date: November 15, 2005 at 17:44:39 Pacific
Reply:

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.


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Response Number 3
Name: Pistal
Date: November 15, 2005 at 18:27:28 Pacific
Reply:

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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