Rulle

I am using the drivers named "FastTrak Family Driver 2.00 Build 15" from the promise site. Haven't had any problems with them. Although I didn't install XP with the promise card.

F-Secure Antivirus is working fine in my system. -- Rulle

Thanks, I think I'll try that when the time comes.

Hi, I am planning to by an Athlon XP soon. I was just wondering if the reinstallation of Windows XP is needed to enable SSE support for the processor ? Or will the OS pick it up as it goes ? I remember reading about fresh installation with the new Morgan core Durons... Anyone has experience about this ?

Thanks, installed the latest version and it seems to work fine.

I am running also the XP final build (2600), but I wasn't able to install Nero at all. The installation stopped to the part where you had to specify the users who were allowed to use the program. No users appeared to the edit box and the "next" button remained grayed. Only option was to cancel the whole installation. How did you install your program at the first place ? My version is 5.504.

I also experienced some random crackling but it disappeared after disabling the "PCI Master read caching" option. W2k seems seems a bit "sluggish" though. Also noticed the Sandra scores had dropped by 1000 points. Well, because it seems quite stable, I have no reason to go back to the older versions.

Hi, I also got BSODs if I had the UDMA enabled with my DVD-ROM (Toshiba M1212). Switching the DVD to PIO mode solved the problem. I am running Duron 700 Mhz and KT7A in w2k. The transfer speeds suck but at least it won't crash. I think its via 4-in-1 driver related. Funny thing though that I happen to have Matrox g400 and SB live too.

Mine too has worked pretty well. Just One title (Virus, R2) refused to play at all. Only thing that bothers me is that the sounds are lagging a fraction of a second. It's hardly noticiable but still there. Sigmadesigns has promised to correct this in future driver versions, but I really wouldn't count on that remembering the *REAL* slow pace on their releases. If you are having problems with DVD station you might wanna try following SW: http://members.nbci.com/eugene777/dvdplayer.htm It's a dvd player that uses H+ hardware similarly as DVD Station. Some people say it has way better compatibility than DVD Station.

ThC 129: What do you mean by that ATA-100 fix ? Isn't that the w2k hot fix I am using right now ? And DosFreak: I do have a udma66/100 cable and the only drive connected to it is the IBM. And the cable is even set so that blue ending is connected to mobo. (Read somewhere that it mattered but don't know for sure) What do you guys think about the VIA Bus Master drivers ? I've heard people saying to stay away from those... Didn't notice any performance increase over standard w2k drivers though... And I got one blue screen after installing those VIA drivers... However, I haven't had any problems since.

I got the HD Tach 2.52 and here are the results: Read speed - maximum 39362.0kps minimum 9090kps average 28675kps random access time 13 ms I don't have any comparison whether those results are good or bad. And btw, my wz bios is final.

Jiiiihaaa !!! Just upgraded my bios to new wz version and all my problems with HDD and DVD-ROM disappeared. Sisoft Sandra 2001 Drive benchmark gives me now roughly 17000 points, which isn't a top score but certainly better than the previous below 10000. And no bluescreens with DVD =) My system Specs: Abit KT7A with Duron 700 Mhz CPU 256 MB Generic CAS 3 PC-133 RAM SB Live Player 5.1 H+ MPEG2 decoder card Realtek 10 Mb NIC Matrox G400 DH video card IBM 75GXP 46 GB HDD Toshiba M1212 DVD-ROM

Still haven't been able to fix the problem. I uninstalled the VIA busmaster drivers (Ran the 4-in-1 setup.exe and choose uninstall) and got the DVD-ROM working with UDMA enabled. I can't however say if the HDD works now with normal speed as Sandra stops responding in drive benchmark. W2k says that it's pio mode, but I think it works as fast as previously. (meaning half the speed it should) If someone has better results please let me know.

I've been hearing lots of complaints with the kt7a lately. What's really bugging me is that you by a brand new system only find out your previous setup kicks the hell out of it =( I wonder if it has something to do with IBM drives and W2k... I'd better get my good old 20.4 gig Seagate back and try if it works better.

Install VIA AGP Hotfix... And what's this ?