Windows XP & Abit KT7A unstable

[KawLiga]

I have a KT7A-Raid and a friend has a KT7A and neither of us have been able to get Windows XP to run without crashing multiple times daily. We both have SB Live Value sound cards and are using latest BIOS. Windows 2000 runs fine on my system, but he is now having problems getting 2000 to work. I was wondering if any other KT7A owners were having problems with Windows XP. Are there any known issues with XP and the KT7A? Anyone been able to run XP successfully on a KT7A? Did you have to do anything in particular to make it stable?

Thanks for any info

 

[madman]

I have WinXP and a KT7A-RAID and have had no problems. There was nothing in particular
to make it work with XP. Do you have the latest 4in1 drivers?
Are you dual booting XP/2000? Is each OS a fresh install?
Tried the latest drivers for SBLive? Have you tried uninstalling the SBLive to see if that is the problem?
If it isn't that, then I'm not sure what the problem is?

Here's some sites I use for any problems:


KT7 Motherboard Faq
ViaHardware Forums
Bink Windows XP


Hope these are of some help.

 

[KawLiga]

I did a fresh install. Used the windows xp drivers for my sound card. XP includes 4in1 drivers. should I try the VIA drivers?
Which revision of the mobo do you have? We are both using 1.0-1.2.

Thanks

 

[madman]

I'm using revision 1.0.
You can try the updated 4in1 drivers. Newer than XP's. Don't think that will help though.
Do you get any error messages? Or just crashes & reboots without warning?
What are the specs of your systems? Is the system overclocked?
Maybe that might give a clue.

Let me know.

 

[KiDFuZioN]

Try installing the drivers from the manufactures. They are known to atleast fix some problems since they have been updated since the release of Windows XP. Also install the VIA 4-in-1, they are supposed to help.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: KawLiga
I have a KT7A-Raid and a friend has a KT7A and neither of us have been able to get Windows XP to run without crashing multiple times daily. We both have SB Live Value sound cards and are using latest BIOS. Windows 2000 runs fine on my system, but he is now having problems getting 2000 to work. I was wondering if any other KT7A owners were having problems with Windows XP. Are there any known issues with XP and the KT7A? Anyone been able to run XP successfully on a KT7A? Did you have to do anything in particular to make it stable?

Thanks for any info

My gf have the same setup but it's working fine. For some reason, it won't accept a Geforce4 MX 440

 

[rolsen]

I also have a KT7A-RAID. I remember when I first installed XP, I experienced some strange sound glitches and the occational bsod. I installed newer drivers for the highpoint raid controller from the highpoint web site instead of using the MS drivers that came loaded with XP. That seemed to do the trick. Been pretty solid ever since. Hope that helps.