JackyTheBeaver

Thank you guys for the advise you've been very helpful. But be aware though that from what I heard there are 2 versions of A7V motherboards the earlier one which I have has a bad reputation of being unstable and have issues with compatibility. I believe the A7V E version is the one that's "bug free", maybe the reason why Brian Frank and CRamaglia are having no problem with their hardware combination is due to the fact they are using the later version of A7V. Could someone confirm this? I could be wrong.

Any advise/comment on this issue is appreciated: I have a Duron 700 + Asus A7V computer with 320 mb of ram with Geforce2 GTS plus the ATI TV wonder tuner card. I am planning to upgrade my OS from win98 to windowsXP. But a friend of mine had got a computer with about the same configuration (Tbird 1000 + A7V) and he was not able to run win2000 on motherboard/CPU combo, so he had to exchange his motherboard/CPU for a PIII 866. My question is, since winXP and win2000 use the same core, that means that whatever configuration that's not supported by win2000 is not likely to be supported by winXP, so is it reasonable for me to expect my Duron 700 + A7V to run winXP at all? I have never tried win2000 but I've seen some people on forums complaining about how A7V motherboards aren't supported by win2k and stuff. Please drop a line if you have any thought, thanks.