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Windows 2000 FREEZE ! Please HELP

rapidon
Hello I've just installed Windows 2000 Pro, but now, my computer freeze completely very often, and I have to reboot. I searched for my motherboard ASUS P3BF compatibility with win2k on your site, and i found this sentence : Asus P3B-F MB (Asus) Yes W2000 08/99 Make sure you have the latest Bios (1003A or newer), ot ...
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Desktop TV PCI

superlava
Hey guys; I recently upgraded to win2k, and I am having a fit trying to run my desktop tv PCI in it. I saw in the hardware compatibility page of this site that it should work with the specified drivers, but the only thing that I can do is intall it so that there are no conflicts, however it wont work with the program.
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HELP!! ASUS V7700 GeForce 2 GTS and XP

meson2000
I have a Asus V7700 Pure (Geforece 2 GTS) and I am using Win XP RC2 (build 2526) Basically, I am using the default Geforce 2 GTS driver that installed when I installed Win XP. I tried to install the latest ASUS driver build for Win 2000.
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Couple questions to bring me up to date

Atreyu
I'm ready to build a new system. I have money now and I'm looking to build one kick butt machine. Since the last time I build a machine (maybe 2 years ago), quite a bit has changed. I have a couple basic question to ask, which should bring me up to date.
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4-way interleave with only 3 sticks of RAM?

Brian Frank
I've got the VP6, and I'm wondering about the 4-way interleave in BIOS. The thing is I only have 3 DIMM's usedall 128MB PC133and the 4th DIMM empty. Right now it's set to auto, but I'd like to know if setting it to 4-way would help me with only 3 DIMMs, not do anything or cause problems.
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New SB 3300b drivers - what is new?

Mike Zamarocy
The only thing I see is that the file emu10k1f. sys is dated newer and is 4k larger. What does it really do? All the rest of the fiels are the same as the 3300a. And Phillip, could you please, if possible, add a comment about these new drivers as to what has changed? That way, before we try them, we could make a so ...
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Quantum3D Obsidian2 X-24

mdecker
Hi. I just installed 2K, SP2, DX8 and I am trying to get an old Quantum3D Obsidian2 X-24 single-slot Voodoo2 SLI card to work properly without success. I found Anthony Toste's Obsidian2 driver seta valiant effort, by the waybut no luck.
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Motherboard question

thymios
I am planning to build a new system from scratch and i want opinions on Intel sckt370 motherboards. I don't really care about speed as long as it is steady and reliable, and has good UDMA-66/100 controller for the HD.
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Dual Vid Card

CrazyKillerMan
Helping a friend put together a computer and he wants dual monitors. A good video card that wont cost alot that supports dual head is???? I placed out n ATI RADEON VE DUAL DISPLAY (VGA & DVI) 32MB AGP and all he needs is a dvi-vga adapter but hes got a 19 and wants high res.
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Poor quality sound.

pjfuller
Hello, after installing nt4 + sp6a for the 3rd time, i still can't get any sound card to function cleanly, by that i mean, with out sounding dirty. I use headphones when ever i want to listen to cds, mp3 or games, i find its very annoying.
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Geforce 2 Pro problem !

Bane
OK, Ive just bought a new Gainward Geforce 2 Pro/450 (64MB DDR) video card and when I install it , I get all sorts of problems as follows: - Crashes with BSOD as Win2k starts up ! - Boots into Win2k OK, then reboots PC when I try to do anything ! - Boots into Win2k OK, then tells me whichever file I try to run or u ...
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Problems with GA-7ixe4 Mobo

carpetmonster
Hi, this is my 1st post, so be nice 2 me. I have upgraded my computer by installing a new motherboard and cpu, the gigabyte GA-7ixe4 and an amd duron 750. when i try to install windows 2000 i get error messages and files will not copy.
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Laptops & Win2K

reversing_drive
I will often browse through the latest computer catelogues checking out models and prices. What i really don't understand is WHY ARE ALL THE LAPTOPS COMING OUT WITH WINME For exampel, in Dell's latest catelogue, it has written on the bottom of every page Dell Recommends Windows 2000 for Business Yet most of the lap ...
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Win2k Detects PS/2 Mouse on every boot

NufanG7
ok this is a weird bug that I cant fix not that its all that big of a deal its just strange. evey time i start win2k It detects a microsoft PS/2 Mouse Im using a USB Microsoft Trackball it doesnt stop my trackball from working but ive tried uninstalling the ghost ps/2 mouse disabling it adjustiong the registry hurl ...
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Random BSODs with Abit KT7-RAID

spectr3
I get BSODs randomly, forcing me to reboot. Sometimes it says PAGE FAULT IN NON-PAGED AREA, sometimes it says MEMORY MANAGEMENT, and sometimes it doesn't give any reason. Also it sometimes lists some kind of file, like win32k.
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urgent win2k help!

Stalingrader
WIN 2k HELP! i have a AMD 1. 33 ghz system Epox 8kta3 Mobo(kti133a chipset) 256mb ram 16x10x40 yamaha e-ide burner Voodoo 3 16mg pci video (Made it myself ) Running Win 2k pro (via drivers updated to 4.
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Via KT133A or AMD AMD761???

rgodart
I'm planning to buy an Athlon 1,2 GB but i can't make a choice between AMD 761 and via133A based motherboards?? 1. Will the 761 give more stability than that freakin VIA??? 2. Does the 761 only support DDR, or can i just put my pc133 sticks in it.
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