A8V Deluxe v2.00 (questionable version)

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How do you know if you received a board that was refurbished? When you
purchased and paid for a NEW RETAIL board. And Besides the fact that the
board says "A8V ver 2.00" between the PCI slots is there another way to ID
it's version? Truelly

Should the A8V Deluxe Version have a RED Primary IDE on the board or should
it be blue?

What about the chipset? Ok for my south bridge of the chipset (VIA) what
follows is what is written on the chip itself:

VIA south bridge
VT8237R
0452CD
2IA4016611

VIA chip near the back ports:
VT6307
0453CD
2HA1043134


I just want (as well as everybody else who bought the board) to Positively
Identify the Version of the board.