YuppieScum

Yeah, but the driver you're using isn't a "certified DX7 driver for W2K". Give Matrox hassle, and post unpleasant messages in www.matroxusers.com until they release a driver that works...

Have you run DXDIAG.EXE? What did it say? This will check out the DirectX setup...

FF already works in 2031 and 2072 with my SideWinder...

I'm using a SuperMicro P2DBS - has SCSI and UDMA IDE. I can use the BIOS to switch the boot drive between my IDE and SCSI. Whichever I select becomes C:...

According to the cretins in Matrox Developer Relations, the released driver is a "2D only" version. They say that a 3D one will be out soon, but you can believe as much of that as you want, given how long it took them to get a W2K driver out at all...

and they broke my Win98 when I installed them

Yeah, but you need to change the BIOS boot order and put SCSI first.

How the fsck can M$ call this a "release candiate" when something this fundamental is <I>this</I> broken.

What happens when he runs DXDiag? Does it show D3D enabled? What file versions does it show?

You may want to take a lok at the Ars Technica site. They have a whole piece on cooling the BX chipset itself in order to get better overclocking of the CPUs under SMP. YMMV, etc

Not happinging. DXDiag.EXE says it ain't there... Haven't tried dicking with the registry yet, but it don't look so hot right now...

I've been running dual Celerons (300a @ 450Mhz w/100Mhz FSB) for several months, using 2031, 2072, 2099 and 2114. No problems. What speed are the Celeron's running at, and how are you enabling the SMP on the mobo?

Try kicking the AGP Aperture Size to 32MB! This setting (IIRC - I'll be corrected if I get this wrong) should be set well below available memory, as it sets the maximum main-memory used as a texture buffer for the vid card. Setting it too high can have "unpredictable" results...

Nope. D3D and OpenGL both work for me under 2114 and my CL TNT using the native 2114 drivers...

Well, the Diamond Viper550 is listed in the HCL or it ought to work, so try this... Yank the SB, USR and net cards from the machine, and clock the CPU back to it's native speed, and install the OS native drivers. If it still doesn't work then either the card or the mobo is not quite right...try the card in another mobo, or another card in your mobo...

If it's not supported natively now, don't expect to get anything for it after release. Legacy ISA is pretty much depricated under W2K. You'd be better off spending 20 bucks on a generic PCI 10/100 NIC than sodding around trying to get support for the one you have.

Are you using the supplied drivers, or drivers from another source? D3D and OGL both appear to work on my basic CL TNT with the native drivers, but I'll take another look...

Someone has posted in the hardware compatability list that the G400 works under build 2031. So two questions: 1. Where do I get the bloody drivers? 2. Does it work under 2072? If someone can answer (1), I'll answer (2) myself...

FWIW, G400 still isn't natively supported under 2099 or 2114... When will Matrox get off the dime?

Win98 itself doesn't support SMP, so no apps running under it will either. Try WinNT, BeOS, or Linux...

Call up the Task Manager, hit the Processes tab, and click on CPU to sort by usage. Now, whats at the top (after System Idle Process ?

Too right. First SCSI card I bought was a 2940 PCI UW, and then I decided to get a Supermicro P6DBS with on-board dual UW-SCSI All the above have worked with EVERYTHING - Win95, Win98, NT3.x, NT4.x, W2K, Linux ( RH5.2 & 6.0), BeOS 4.5 - all out-of-the-box. Adaptec - Just Do It!

>The only info you *didn't* get is my bios version and usb devices. Dude, we don't know your mobo! We're also not _sure_ about the NT version! Get a grip, and help us to help you!

Well, my Creative TNT has worked with every release of W2K drivers, under 2031, 2072 and 2099... Check your BIOS...

Top tip: Don't get a cheap SCSI card... Invest in an Adaptec...maybe it'll cost you 100 bucks or so, but it'll work with everything, forever...