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Arcturius · 12-29-2002, 10:51 PM

Hi all,

I have a problem that currently has me baffled. I'm trying to move from a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP (KT333) to an Abit KR7A-133 (KT266). My boot drive is a 36GB IBM 36Z15 attached to an LSI Logic LSI8955U U160 host adapter. The rest of the machine is comprised of an Athlon XP 1800+, 1x 512MB module of Corsair PC3200, a Visiontek GF3 Ti200, an Adaptec 2940UW, a Netgear FA310TX, an Audigy, a LiteOn DVD player, LiteOn burner, and a 60GB IBM 120GXP.

I have tried with the bare minimum hardware (mobo+proc+mem+video+host adapter+disks) but Win2K locks before going graphical--all but four 'notches' of the text-based progress bar complete before the machine hard locks.
When I plug the disks back into the old mobo (7VRXP) all is well.
Also, the only new piece of hardware destined to be on the KR7A is the Netgear NIC (which is currently not installed).

I've tried running the Win2K repair option from the install CD, and I've also removed as many drivers as I could (onboard LAN, RAID, etc.) that were specific to the old board.
Also, a new install of Win2K on the same disk (I had some slack space) works fine.

I didn't expect this kind of frustration when moving between two VIA boards. Has anyone else run into this? Any ideas?

12-29-2002, 10:51 PM	#1
Arcturius Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Posts: 294	Problems moving W2K to older mobo Hi all, I have a problem that currently has me baffled. I'm trying to move from a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP (KT333) to an Abit KR7A-133 (KT266). My boot drive is a 36GB IBM 36Z15 attached to an LSI Logic LSI8955U U160 host adapter. The rest of the machine is comprised of an Athlon XP 1800+, 1x 512MB module of Corsair PC3200, a Visiontek GF3 Ti200, an Adaptec 2940UW, a Netgear FA310TX, an Audigy, a LiteOn DVD player, LiteOn burner, and a 60GB IBM 120GXP. I have tried with the bare minimum hardware (mobo+proc+mem+video+host adapter+disks) but Win2K locks before going graphical--all but four 'notches' of the text-based progress bar complete before the machine hard locks. When I plug the disks back into the old mobo (7VRXP) all is well. Also, the only new piece of hardware destined to be on the KR7A is the Netgear NIC (which is currently not installed). I've tried running the Win2K repair option from the install CD, and I've also removed as many drivers as I could (onboard LAN, RAID, etc.) that were specific to the old board. Also, a new install of Win2K on the same disk (I had some slack space) works fine. I didn't expect this kind of frustration when moving between two VIA boards. Has anyone else run into this? Any ideas?