PCChips 767V (via 693 & 596a?)

[Guest_imported]

its got a crap via apollo pro plus chipset. now im stuck with windows 98. if i try a nt based whether it be nt4, 2k, xp, it randomly dies on me saying page fault in non paged, irql not less than or equal, or randomly freezes/reboots. 98 is buggy in it itself so id like to step up. iv tried everything there can be done from bios tweaks to flashing it.

i did flash the bios about 3 years ago. im not sure if it was before or after but at the time i was using win2k pro beta fine. then i went back to 98 because my old voodoo2 didnt work in 2k. so this said, im not sure if the new bios is incompatible or what? because i needed to flash in order for it to knkow i have a p3 and not a p2. i checked on pcchips lousy website to see if they had old bioses but noo. i dont think this is to blame anyways but it could be.

help!

 

[CitrixEngineer]

The errors you are seeing are almost certainly driver-related. Will NT/W2k not load in VGA mode? Then you could try using the latest drivers for your hardware - there may be support for your Voodoo card somewhere.

If not, I'd say that the best help your PC could get would be financial - ie upgrade to a decent motherboard.

I hope this is helpful CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[Guest_imported]

well thing is that it bloody dies in setup tons of times. with my friend it wsa because he oced it and the chipset overheated but i am not bloody o/cing. i thought of it as driver related but tried numerous drivers without luck. via sp's, 3dfx drivers, it all!

 

[goose202]

If it dies in setup, problems could be related to the BIOS virus checking thing. I've had heaps of problems installing windows in the past until I found that most times you have to disable that.

 

[Guest_imported]

aye mate iv tried everything :-D it dies in setup sometimes but then again sometimes i can get past it and get into 2k/xp. but then it spontaneously reboots/halts/bluescreens on me

 

[Guest_imported]

bumpo

 

[Antimatter]

It might be worth running a RAM test.

 

[Guest_imported]

hrm but thing is i used many different sticks including my friends and the ones in my current box.

 

[Guest_imported]

also how come bad ram will allow win98 and linux to run just fine and not any of the nt's? bad ram caused my friend to segfault nonstop in linux...

 

[MiklK]

If you're just convinced you've tried everything I guess there's nothing to try! Mikl
bigpygme@earthlink.net

 

[Sylva]

Onother thing that you may try: disable the Power mgmt settings in BIOS setup. It causes tons of greef, 't might be your problem.

John

 

[Antimatter]

The board may not be fully ACPI compliant. You could try disabling ACPI in BIOS and installing windows again as a standard PC configuration. A BIOS upgrade might be available.
I'd certainly recommend replacing the mobo with something better.