abit kt7a-raid mobo bios update and sb liveware conflict with dma on cdroms

supertunger99

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Hi,

I hope someone out there can help me. I recently bought the abit kt7a-raid mobo with 1.1gHz t-bird. And like everyone was saying, the combo isn't very stable. My computer crashes about once a day, I think thats a horrible rate. (I might sell the combo and get a PIII system)

Anyways,I cant seem to download the bios update from the abit website. The connection just stalls on me so I was hoping someone out there could send me the bios update.

Also, this is the problem that really bothers me. I own a sb live 5.1 platinum and whenever I install the liveware, the dma on my cd-roms get all screwed up. I can't enable dma on the cdroms. I would enable the dma but after restarting the computer and checking the dma it's back off. It's really frusterating because I can't use the remote control that came along with the sb 5.1 plat. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.

email me if ya want = ): supertunger99@yahoo.com
 

CotswoldCS

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Sep 14, 2000
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There is a known problem with some ABIT Motherboards and SB Live Soundcards. Some people have resolved the problem by moving card to PCI Slot 4, others have found that reinstalling Windows without ACPI solves the problem. ABIT Mobos can be perfectly stable with SB Live if you do everything right. The following link will probably help (if you haven't already found out):


Paul's Unofficial ABIT Website

Also try:

ABIT Forum