Brian Frank

Try clearing CMOS and see what you get.

Since this is AMD's first venture into dual-processing, I would not recommend them here. The A7V266E is supposed to be pretty good, as well as the MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU. (KT266A). Abit's alright, I've had mixed results with the KG7-RAID. One was bad and it's replacement had some improper BIOS settings that didn't allow the machine to even boot until I cleared CMOS. The nice thing about it is the HPT370 controller: it's not castrated like the on-board Promise controllers. You can use RAID if you want or you don't have to, all through the HPT370 BIOS. I believe the Asus has a jumper to disable the RAID function, while still allowing the use of the extra IDE controllers, but don't quote me.

They won't. They will either, or already have, cancelled the order, or will be charging you the full $400 for it. I've read this stuff over at [H]ardOCP and AMDMB. Unless it's one of the GF4 MX's, you ain't seein a GF4 for $179, at least right now.

LOL! You can try and blame Via for this one, but it won't fly. While Via does have problems, I'm sick of people automatically blaming them for every problem that pops up.

Check your CPU and make sure the fan is still spinning, if you haven't.

Definitely not wireless yet. You'll spend a small fortune on batteries. Not sure about the dual-optical, but I've heard it's pretty good.

Quote: Well im testing a radeon 8500 in my puter at the mo. Seems like a nice card, much better than i expected, and where are all the driver issues that ive heard so much about ? Everything works flawlessly so far. When I had mine, I wondered the same thing. ATI has definitely come around with their drivers. Perfect, no, but a helluva lot better than they were at the launch of the original Radeon.

Ah, it's been awhile since I've posted my specs, especially with them out of my sig. Corona-12 AOpen AK77 Pro (KT266) T-bird 1.4GHz@ 1.53GHz 512MB PC2400 Samsung DDR Gainward GF3 64MB @ 251/571 Maxtor 20GB ATA100 7200RPM Maxtor 40GB ATA100 5400RPM Audigy X-Gamer Lucent 4-port USB 1.1 PCI D-Link DFE 538TX+ CMD Ultra ATA100 controller SuperCase Fulltower Toshiba 12x DVD Samsung 48x CD Vantec CCK-6027D Antec 350 Watt Power Supply MS Intellimouse Optical Logitech "Deluxe" 104 Keyboard Kleer 17" Monitor Creative Inspire 5100 4.1 speakers WinXP Pro Samurai Pro Abit VP6 2x Pentium III 800EB (6x133) 384MB PC133 MSI G2Ti-VT (GF2Ti VIVO) 64MB 2x IBM 60GXP 40GB ATA100 7200RPM in RAID 0 Toshiba 6x DVD Philips 8/4/32 CD-R/W SBLive! 5.1 Digital Realtek 8129 10/100 NIC 2x Intel stock HSF Generic ATX 2.03 PSU MS Intellimouse Wireless AOpen 104 Keyboard HP 1280 17" Cambridge Soundworks FPS1000 4.1 (rear's not connected) WinXP Pro Animosity (file server) Asus A7V Duron 800 384MB PC133 Hercules GF2 MX 32MB 2x Maxtor 20.4GB ATA100 5400RPM Western Digital 18.0 GB ATA66 7200RPM 2x AOpen 48x CD-ROM Panasonic 32x CD Linksys 10/100 NIC Creative SB16 OEM Thermaltake Chrome Orb MS Intellimouse Wheel Dell Keyboard Digital 15" monitor HP Deskjet 960 WinXP Pro Mini-Me Palm VIIx Palm OS 5.0

I like the MS Intellimouse Optical myself.

Also, under Run, type in gpedit.msc and you'll have access to a lot of different goodies to play with.

Have you downloaded X-Setup? I remember their being an option in there to hide drives.

Norton Utilities sucks, plain and simple. Most of the tools in the suite did more harm than good. I'll use their AV and Firewall, but that's about it.

Try Sparkhard's suggestion, Zehn.

I'm not trying to start a war, but Anand and Tom are not the best anymore. There's a lot better sites out there, such as www.amdmb.com , www.2cpu.com , www.tbreak.com , and www.dansdata.com . For very indepth reviews, sure, Anand and Tom's are good, but Tom's especially has been sliding downhill. I like Via and AMD, but I don't think at this point AMD is server-class material. Home and enthusiast material, yes, just not something for a server or other business-related stuff. Currently, Intel is back for the overclocking with the 1.6A P4. People are hitting 2.1 to 2.4GHz easy with this chip. I know clutch is running his 1.6A at 2.4GHz. Intel isn't a monopoly. They still have to compete with AMD and the likes of Sun. Intel is a dominate force in the CPU market, but it's been because they've always done a quality job with their chips and chipsets---well for the most part. For gaming and overclocking, I do prefer AMD. I understand that people don't like Via: Via has had major issues that affected a lot of people. Via's worked out well for me, but that doesn't mean the next guy is going to have a rosy experience with them.

Did you check to see if you're cables are properly connected? Do you have a lot of stuff running in the background? Have you checked for a firmware update?

Sorta. They advertised it as that cheap, but then upped it's price and cancelled the orders so as not to screw people over. I do know that people were really pissed about it regardless.

Nero.

Yeah, the whole premise of the bill essentially incapacitates the PC industry from what I read. It would also outlaw open-source stuff. Just goes to show that the government doesn't always know what they are doing. It's the thought of the government even attempting something like this that's scary. But, you're right, this thing probably won't pass.

There are Uniprocessor ACPI and Multiprocessor ACPI under Windows. If you have it set as a standard PC or Multiprocessor PC (non-ACPI) going over to ACPI will cause problems. Same deal vise versa. I've been runnind different steppings on that same board and the only problem I've had was a driver issue with my video card. If you can do it, try a reinstall. It might not like switching from the cyrix to 2 P3's--although I'm kinda skeptical of this myself. Before that, try clearing CMOS and running your system then. You may have set something incorrectly in BIOS that's giving your system fits. It could be a faulty mobo, but let's not jump their just yet. If you could post the entire system specs for your dual rig, it'd give us some more info to work with.

If you haven't backed it up, yes, you will lose the stuff. Personally, I have partitioned my drives so that I really only have to format my XP partition. If your computer was made for XP, you will have to download all your drivers for 98.

Ditto.

Out of curiosity, what does the poll have to do with this thread?

http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=8395&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 Here's the braggin' thread;)

This board doesn't have a lot of OCing options, among those that you mentioned. I'll probably get a KT333 board when they're available, probably the one from EPoX. For right now, I guess It'll just have to be the ol multiplier for me. I had it at a 151MHz FSB, and the PCI divider tops out at 4. All other cards worked fine, which is what makes me kinda mad.

Best Buy has been wrong before;). Also, AGP 8x is pretty moot anyway, as I don't recall AGP 4x being a real cramp for anything yet.