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P4MAM2-V

• Supports socket 478 for Intel® P4/Celeron(D) (Northwood/Prescott) processors.
• VIA® ProSavageDDR™ P4M266A/VT8237 Chipset.
• Supports four memory banks using two 184-pin DDR DIMM.
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Overview

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Live Update 5

MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving you time and lowers the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features
- Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
- Support Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit

MSI Reminds You...

  1. The specifications may differ from areas and we keep the right to change without notice. Please check the specific Specification with your local dealers.
  2. The color of the product might be affected by photography and the monitor's setting, which might be different from the real product.

Detail Specifications


CPU

• Supports socket 478 for Intel® P4/Celeron(D) (Northwood/Prescott) processors.
• FSB 400/533MHz
• Supports up to 3.06GHz

Chipset  

• VIA® ProSavageDDR™ P4M266A Chipset
  - Supports 400/533MHz FSB
  - S3 Graphics ProSavage8™ Integrated Graphics core.
  - Supports DDR200/266 DRAM.
  - Ultra fast 266MB per second V-Link between NB and SB.

• VIA® VT8237 Chipset
  - High Bandwidth V-link Client controller
  - Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio
  - Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
  - ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management.
  - Supports USB2.0


Main Memory

• Supports four memory banks using two 184-pin DDR DIMM.
• Supports up to 2GB PC2100/PC1600 DDR DRAM.
• Supports 2.5v DDR DRAM.


Slots

• One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 4X slot, for 1.5v only
• Three PCI 2.2 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface).
• One CNR (Communication Network Riser) slot.


On-Board IDE

• An IDE controller on the VT8237 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
• Can connect up to four IDE devices.


Video

• S3 Graphics ProSavage8™ Integrated Graphics core


Audio

• AC'97 link controller integrated in VIA® VT8237
• VIA VT1617A 6-channel S/W audio codec.
  - Compliance with AC'97 v2.3 spec.
  - Meets PC2001 audio performance requirement.


LAN

• VIA VT6103L 10/100 PHY.
  - Supports 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s auto-negotation operation.
  - Compliance with PCI v2.2 and PC99 standard.
  - Supports ACPI power management.


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 20-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- CPU FAN x1 / System FAN x1
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 2 x ATA133 IDE drive connectors
- Serial port connector (COM2)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- Front panel connector
- Front panel audio connector

MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.


Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x Serial port (COM1)
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x Audio I/O (Line-in/Line-out/MIC)
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack


BIOS

• 2Mb Award BIOS with PnP, ACPI, SMBIOS 2.2, Green and Boot Block.
• Provides DMI2.0, WfM2.0, WOL, WOR, chassis intrusion, and SMBus for system management.


Dimension

• 24.3 cm(L) x 18.9 cm(W) MicroATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.


Product Accessories

  
MSI Reminds You...
• The accessories will probably be different according to the different selling areas of product models. For details of accessories, please refer to the descriptions on the product package.

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

News

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Awards

BIOS

!Attention:

Users who download BIOS from here (not using Live Update) should use the flash utility included in the downloaded compressed file when doing the BIOS update. To avoid BIOS update failure, please do not use older versions of the update utility or utilities not provided by MSI.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Description - Update CPU Microcode.
 Version 1.3
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2007-04-09
Download 7095v13.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description Update CPU Microcode.
 Version 1.2
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2005-03-31
Download 7095v12.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description Support USB mouse under DOS mode.

 Version 1.1
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2005-03-24
Download 7095v11.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description This is Award BIOS release
 Version 1.0
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2004-10-28
Download 7095v10.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
click here

Live Update 5

DISCLAIMER:
Live Update 5 utility is only intended for MSI Desktop PC related products (motherboards and graphics cards) usage. This utility doesn’t support any MSI Notebook (NB and Tablet PC) or AIO product, while installed might experience unexpected errors. If it happens that you have installed Live Update 5 on your Notebook or AIO system, please uninstall it then perform system restart.

Live Update 5 is a powerful update tool with user-friendly interface, provides an automatic scan and download for your MSI products. Using this service to keep your system in the most updated environment.

Live Update 5 supports the following MSI product lines and items:
Motherboards: Drivers/BIOS/Utilities;
Graphics Cards: Drivers/BIOS

Click here to read the instruction

Driver

Vista 64,Vista 32,XP 64,XP 32,Win 2000,Win 98,Win 98 SE,Win NT,Win Me,Win 95

!Special Note:

The Drivers provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download VIA4in1_MB.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS Vista 64, Vista 32
Download VIA4in1_MB.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS XP 64
Download VIA4in1_x64_MB.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA USB2.0 Drivers
Description • For Win98/ME OS only
• Version: 98/me-4.90.3000.10(2.70)
• Fixed S3 issue under WinME

Note: For WinXP, please use Microsoft Windows Update to download driver from Microsoft or aquire the latest service pack
Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2006-02-17
OS Win Me, Win 98 SE
Download VIA_USB20_V30003.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download VIA_LAN100_71.zip File Size 4.92 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS Vista 32
Download via_lan_vista32_mb.zip File Size 0.42 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS Vista 64
Download via_lan_vista64_mb.zip File Size 0.46 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS XP 64
Download VIA_10-100_winxp64.zip File Size 0.05 MB
Note
VIA Smart5.1CH Sound Drivers for K8MM3-V/K8MM-V/P4MAM2-V
Description • Win2K/XP WHQL pass
• Driver version: 6.14.01.4120(package:620b)
• Supports K8MM3-V/K8MM-V/P4MAM2-V
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2005-10-12
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download VIA_VT1618_VP003.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA® KM266 & P4M266A VGA Drivers
Description • WHQL Pass.
• Driver Version:
Win XP / 2000: 6.14.01.0004
Win ME / 98: 4.14.10.0010


 Version
Type On-Board VGA Drivers Release Date 2004-12-11
OS Win NT
Download km266nt.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA® KM266 & P4M266A VGA Drivers
Description • WHQL Pass.
• Driver Version:
Win XP / 2000: 6.14.01.0004
Win ME / 98: 4.14.10.0010


 Version
Type On-Board VGA Drivers Release Date 2004-12-11
OS Win Me, Win 98 SE
Download KM266_Win9X-ME72.zip File Size 0 MB
Note
VIA® KM266 & P4M266A VGA Drivers
Description • WHQL Pass.
• Driver Version:
Win XP / 2000: 6.14.01.0004
Win ME / 98: 4.14.10.0010


 Version
Type On-Board VGA Drivers Release Date 2004-12-11
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download KM266_Win2K-XP72.zip File Size 0 MB
Note

Manual

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.

An easy guide for you to assemble your PC step by step, please refer to "Quick Installation Guide".


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
1.1(Eng, TC, SC) English 1.68 MB M7095v1.1.zip 2005-05-16
1.0 Multi-Language 7.24 MB M7095v1.0.zip 2005-03-09

Test Report

CPU Support

 

CPU FSB / HT BUS Ratio Result
Pentium 4 (Northwood, FSB533, L2 Cache 512KB)
Pentium 4 2.26GHz 533 17 OK
Pentium 4 2.4GHz (SL6RZ-C1) 533 18 OK
Pentium 4 2.53GHz (SL6EV-B0) 533 19 OK
Pentium 4 2.66GHz (SL6PE-D1) 533 20 OK
Pentium 4 2.8GHz (SL6PF-D1) 533 21 OK
Pentium 4 3.06GHz (SL6PG-D1) 533 23 OK
Pentium 4 (Northwood, FSB400, L2 Cache 512KB)
Pentium 4 2.0GHz 400 20 OK
Pentium 4 2.2GHz 400 22 OK
Pentium 4 2.4GHz 400 24 OK
Pentium 4 2.5GHz 400 25 OK
Pentium 4 2.6GHz 400 26 OK
Pentium 4 2.8GHz 400 28 OK
Pentium 4 (Willamette, FSB400, L2 Cache 256KB)
Pentium 4 1.5GHz 400 15 OK
Pentium 4 1.6GHz 400 16 OK
Pentium 4 1.7GHz 400 17 OK
Pentium 4 1.8GHz 400 18 OK
Pentium 4 1.9GHz 400 19 OK
Pentium 4 2.0GHz 400 20 OK
Celeron D (Prescott, FSB533, L2 Cache 256KB)
Celeron D 310 (2.13GHz) 533 16 OK
Celeron D 315 (2.26GHz, SL87K-E0) 533 17 OK
Celeron D 320 (2.4GHz, SL7C4-C0) 533 18 OK
Celeron D 325 (2.53GHz, SL7NU-E0) 533 19 OK
Celeron D 330 (2.66GHz, SL7C6-C0) 533 20 OK
Celeron D 335 (2.8GHz, SL7C7-C0) 533 21 OK
Celeron D 340 (2.93GHz, SL7TS-E0) 533 22 OK
Celeron D 345 (3.06GHz, SL7NX-E0) 533 23 OK
Celeron D 350 (3.2GHz) 533 24 OK
Celeron (Northwood, FSB400, L2 Cache 128KB)
Celeron 2.0GHz (SL6HY-C1) 400 20 OK
Celeron 2.1GHz 400 21 OK
Celeron 2.2GHz 400 22 OK
Celeron 2.3GHz 400 23 OK
Celeron 2.4GHz (SL6VU-D1) 400 24 OK
Celeron 2.5GHz (SL6ZY-D1) 400 25 OK
Celeron 2.6GHz (SL6VV-D1) 400 26 OK
Celeron 2.7GHz (SL77S-D1) 400 27 OK
Celeron 2.8GHz (SL77T-D1) 400 28 OK

FAQ

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