JediBaron 0 Posted October 20, 2000 Sorry for posting this again, but it still seems like many people need it. This patch has only been tested on the 1004a or better BIOS, so if you don't have it you may need to get it: Here's all the download sites to get everything: Win2k/Athlon patch: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon-duron/amd_win2k_patch.html Via 4 in 1: http://www.viatech.com/drivers/4in1424a.zip Nvidia 6.31 certified drivers: http://zoiah.m3dzone.com/files/detonator/W2k/W2k-631-WHQL.zip 1) First download the 6.31 Nvidia drivers , the VIA 4-in-1 patch, and the Win2k/Athlon patch 2) Go into your BIOS and load the BIOS defaults. 3) make sure AGP Fast Writes is "Disabled" and change performance setting to "Normal" instead of "Optimal 4) Go to the Boot section and set everything to yes and enabled (except for the ATA100 controller if you're not using it) 5) Get into Windows and uninstall The video drivers in Add/Remove Programs and reboot 6) Install the Via 4 in 1 patch and reboot 7) Install the Nvidia 6.31 certified drivers. 9) Install the Win2k/Athlon patch and reboot. That's it - everything should run just perfect now My little toy: Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro sp1 (running fully PNP w/ ACPI) Processor: AMD K7 T-Bird 800 w/ 256 Megs PC133 Motherboard: Asus K7a (1004c BIOS) w/ the newest Via 4 in 1, Promise 100 drivers b25 Hard Drive: Maxtor 1536H2 on the Promise 100 Video: Asus 6600 SGRAM w/ Asus sba bios (AGP Geforce 256,32meg - Nvidia drivers v6.31 - certified) Sound: SB 128 PCI (1373 chip w/ 5.12.01.4035 WDM drivers - certified) Modem: USR 56K PCI Network: NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (PCI 10/100 card) SCSI: PCI Advansys SCSI Host Adapter CD Burner: Smart&Friendly 4x SCSI Printer: Epson Stylus 740 (USB) Scanner: UMAX Astra 1220U (USB) Misc: Creative PC-DVD 5X drive, USB Intellimouse Optical w/ intellipoint 3.2 (ver. 3.20.0.484), Gravis Xterminator gamepad with 4.2.0.2 driver DirectX: 8.0 RC0 (4.08.00.0183) [This message has been edited by JediBaron (edited 20 October 2000).] Share this post Link to post
JediBaron 0 Posted October 29, 2000 Hey everyone, I have a little update to my earlier posts. M$ released a Via Win2k AGP Patch this last week. After installing it, I was able to use the Optimal Performance setting again without any games crashing. I've been running with AGP 4x for about 4 or 5 days now and everythings perfect. I also got a nice increase in d3d speed (about 30%) by going to 4x. The patch is at: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q261/6/06.asp Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro sp1 (running fully PNP w/ ACPI) Processor: AMD K7 T-Bird 800 w/ 256 Megs PC133 Motherboard: Asus K7a (1004c BIOS) w/ the newest Via 4 in 1, Promise 100 drivers b25 Hard Drive: Maxtor 1536H2 on the Promise 100 Video: Asus 6600 SGRAM w/ Asus sba bios (AGP Geforce 256,32meg - Nvidia drivers v6.31 - certified) Sound: SB 128 PCI (1373 chip w/ 5.12.01.4035 WDM drivers - certified) Modem: USR 56K PCI Network: NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (PCI 10/100 card) SCSI: PCI Advansys SCSI Host Adapter CD Burner: Smart&Friendly 4x SCSI Printer: Epson Stylus 740 (USB) Scanner: UMAX Astra 1220U (USB) Misc: Creative PC-DVD 5X drive, USB Intellimouse Optical w/ intellipoint 3.2 (ver. 3.20.0.484), Gravis Xterminator gamepad with 4.2.0.2 driver DirectX: 8.0 RC1 (4.08.00.0219) Share this post Link to post
ThC 129 0 Posted October 30, 2000 cool now i can feel comfortable getting an athlon/duron system when it comes time to upgrade the lockup issue was keeping me from upgrading. Share this post Link to post
JediBaron 0 Posted October 30, 2000 kul Yep I can honestly say that all the bugs are pretty much gone. The only real issue it seems that I see anymore with newer hardware and Win2k is that damn Live card. It seems like everyone who's got the live card is playing Russian Roulete. Some work, some don't. It's really weird and there doesn't seem to be any pattern to the Live madness. I suspect it's some major flaw with Creative's driver base, but I don't think that you'd ever get them to admit that. So I'd take a couple of precautions when upgrading with the live card. First make sure you have a backup card that you can go to if everything else fails. When installing Win2k (or 95/98/M(sh1t)E for that matter), don't install the Creative drivers untill all your other drivers & patches have been loaded. This seems to limit the effect of it to cause problems. I spent 3 months on the probs with mine, so trust me if it doesn't work, just toss it. I traded mine for a $20 generic card that I liked much better. And the SB128 Ensoniq 1373 that I have now performs lots better than my Live ever did. Plus, NO PROBLEMS! Yep, my professional advice when getting a new sound card is to save your money and buy a good, yet inexpensive card like the sb128 and put that extra cash into your speakers. [This message has been edited by JediBaron (edited 30 October 2000).] Share this post Link to post
ThC 129 0 Posted October 30, 2000 HOPEFULLY (this is probably asking too much) CL will fix this issue when LW4 is released sometime in the next 20 years...but probably not knowing CL Share this post Link to post
