Any details on this "corruption" between the Via KT133A chipset and SB live?

[KBTibbs]

I have an Abit KT7A-Raid and a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value. Now, I am getting a few more blue screens then I should (considering this is a fresh install), but I associated this with my processor temp getting pretty high.

Anyone know anthing more about this incompatibility?

Also, when I installed the Highpoint HPT370 drivers (on the CD and the latest from the web) I get a blue screen right after it prompts for login... I disable it and it works fine. Any thoughts?

 

[saintrobyn]

Maybe it is a bad board. I have the Asus A7V133 with the ATA/100 RAID and a SB Live 5.1 Platinum and I have yet to have a single problem. I have heard of people having problems, but I have yet to see or hear them.

 

[KBTibbs]

I don't think the board is bad. I returned the hardware I bought because it would not post. The RMA center found it was a bad CPU but the memory and the board I bought passed inspection... (and I REALLY don't want to go through sending it back again. They have TERRIBLE customer service).

 

[Compellor]

This was taken from VIAHardware:


<< To whom it may concern:

During the past few weeks, problems were reported on several web sites stating that one of VIA?s chipset has compatibility issue with Creative SoundBlaster Live PCI Sound card. After debugging, verifying, and checking compatibility between our VT82C686B and other devices, we concluded that the problem is not totally related to our chipset. We found that the system problem will happen only under certain configurations and certain procedures, and only occur under Athlon processor based systems with VT82C686B chipset and Creative SB Live card. We also checked whether our chipset has any compatibility issues in other configurations, and the result was we did not find any such compatibility issues.
The configuration is described as follows: One IDE HDD ATA-100 or one ATA-66 HDD and enable default DMA mode; one IDE DVD-ROM and enable fault DMA mode; one Creative SB Live PCI sound card; one VGA card; and copy file, W2KSP2.exe (Win2K service pack2).
Consequently, we also developed a new IDE driver to resolve the compatibility issue with the Creative SoundBlaster sound card, and this IDE driver will be posted at our website for users who have Athlon based systems using this configuration.

Best regards,

VIA Technologies, Inc. >>



I hope this helps.

 

[KBTibbs]

Thanks Compellor.

Hmm..looks like it is only a problem with Win2000...but the Paul's unofficial FAQ makes it sound like it isn't Win200 specific..I'll have to try it..