Well, I'm in the same boat as many of you with Dual Processors. I'm running Dual 366's at 550 with Windows 98, and Windows 2000.
Everything seemed fine upon my fresh install of Windows 2000 RC2, but my Voodoo3 drivers didn't work with many games. So I used a set of drivers Chamelon directed me to, and suddenly the Voodoo3 had a Display, Advanced Properties panel and many games began to work.
Unfortunately, my Xitel Storm Platnium (basically the same as a Diamond MX-300) audio card began causing problems at that point. Games lock:
1) During installation
2) During sound configuration
3) During gameplay
...or there is no sound when I play. I've tried the RC2 drivers for the Aureal 8830 chipset, the 2.25 Aureal drivers, and even the Aureal NT 4.0 drivers. All had the same basic results.
So I see that several things could be the problem...
1) Voodoo3 drivers aren't perfect, and are causing a memory leak that kills the system.
2) Aureal drivers have a problem and are causing lockups, etc.
3) MPS configuration is causing problems with Aureal or Voodoo3 drivers.
4) God only knows. =)
Anyway... this is what I've found, and I'm waiting for a new set of Voodoo3 drivers chamelon is working on. Sounds like these are more stable than the first set he pointed me too, and this might be the answer.
One other thing I should point out. I'm still running the default BIOS for my BP6 motherboard, and I haven't installed any drivers for the UDMA 66 hard drive controller. Since no drivers are installed, I presume this isn't a problem... but you never know. I have a Maxtor 20GB 7400rps HD that I'm running off the standard Primary EIDE controller of the BP6.
That's all for now... keep posting folks. Let's lick this problem. I want to make Windows 2000 my default O/S ASAP. =)
Glenn Merkel
