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How do I tell if my mobo has the 266A Chipset

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Anonymous   12-30-2001 at 09:50:39 PM

I purchased a PC that was suppose to have a BIOSTAR M7VIB-A mother board with the VIA KT266A chipset. When I boot the PC the BIOS screen shows that the model number is VIB1025B and the serial number is
10/25/2001-VT8366-8233-6A6LVB0BC-00.
The SiSoft Sandra 2001te utility reports that the System Mainboard Model is M7VIB and the System Chipset is
VIA Technologies Inc VT8366 Apollo KT266 CPU to PCI Bridge.
I can't find any indication that the chipset is a KT266A.

Is there any software that will positively identify the chipset? If not where do I look on the motherboard? I would prefer to just use software to identify the chipset because the PC case has a seal on it, and the warranty of the PC will be voided if I break the seal unless the builder of the PC is present.

Thanks for your help,
Paul

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o1die   12-30-2001 at 10:17:54 PM
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The via vt8366 apollo is the kt266a chipset. Same for my shuttle ak31 version 3.1 in sisoft sandra.

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