3rd install of Win2000server and still not booting well

[evilboy]

Here is the hardware:

Athlon 900
Abit kt7 raid
256 MB RAM
2 3Com 905b-tx NICs
1 SB Live Value
Diamond Stealth II G460 8MB
30G IBM Deskstar

Here is the problem:

All 3 installs went well, no error messages but when it is booting and the loading status bar is finished, it is supposed to open the username and password dialog box, but instead, the screen goes blank. No matter how long I wait, it stays blank. The only way to get by it is to go into safe mode. The crap thing with safe mode is when I go into device manager and try to check out any properties, "device manager" stops responding. Any properties I go into for that matter, hangs the app.
I'm really damn frustrated here! I'm wondering if I shouldn't have stayed with Asus.

Anybody experience anything like this with the Abit motherboard?

Thanks!

 

[KouklatheCat]

Yes I had problems with my A7V until I updated the bios. For the A7V I had to update to 1004a then 1004c. Check to see if there are similar bios updates for your board. Next I had to get the latest VIA drivers. I also had to disable the ATA100 controller since I wasnt using it. I dont know if this helps at all, hope it does.