Gigabyte GA-8VM533
chipChipset
cpuCPU socket
speedFSB speeds
400MHz533MHz
moboForm factor
MicroATX (max 244 x 244 mm)
dimDimensions
244mm x 208mm
chipCache
None/Integrated in the CPU
ramMax RAM size
2GB(DDR-266)
ramRAM type
DDR UDIMM
pwrPSU connector
connI/O ports
1x 
3.5mm Audio Combo
1x 
Floppy interface
2x 
IDE interface
1x 
PS/2 keyboard
1x 
PS/2 mouse
1x 
Parallel
1x 
RJ-45 LAN
1x 
Serial
6x 
USB 2.0
1x 
VGA
cardExpansion slots
1x 
1.5V AGP
3x 
32-bit PCI

Known issues:

  • Underperforming chipset/board

The motherboard or chipset may deliver subpar performance compared to similar products, which can result in reduced memory bandwidth, poor memory latency, and bad AGP performance. This can negatively impact overall system performance.

Notes:

Uses a VIA VT6103 Fast Ethernet PHY controller.

Can be overclocked from BIOS or via FSBSet using ICS950902DF chip setting. F5 bios is the last to include functional PXEBoot support.

Has incredibly poor memory latency performance. Setting PCI latency timer from default of 32, to 64 increases overall memory performance.

AGP Support of this motherboard is simply awful. Many AGP 8X cards do not POST, lead to screen corruption or other issues.

Last updated 2023-07-21T14:10:13Z
Board info score is 9.6/10
9 files available

Vendor: Award [9 entries]

POST string
Note
Core Ver.
BIOS Ver.
Logs
POST string
01/10/2005-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
09/21/2004-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
08/12/2004-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
03/25/2004-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
12/30/2003-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
12/16/2003-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
11/05/2003-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
09/15/2003-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
POST string
08/22/2005-P4M266A-8235-6A6LWG0BC-00
Note
Latest Bios
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
drv 2 known good drivers available
Name
Version
OS support
Size
Filename
Name
Version
4.1
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows 9x Windows NT 4.0 Windows XP
Size
6.9MB
Filename
Name
Version
4.43V
OS support
Windows 2000 Windows 9x Windows NT 4.0 Windows XP
Size
1.1MB
Filename
doc 1 board document available
Release date
File
Logs
Release date
File
Logs

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