asus a7V333+ these components?

[kev25]

I'm considering buying a ASUS a7V 333 Mobo to go with the following components:

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 1.73GHz Processor Retail w/Fan and Heatsink
Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650XP Golden SampleTi4200
Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP Delux DVR
2 times Kingston 512MB DDR333 PC2700 Memory
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition WD800JB 80GB ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer
Liteon LTD163 16x DVD
Lite On 40X12X48 CDRW Model: LTR40125S
SONY CRT MONITOR Multiscan® E540 21"
Floppy Drive
Smart Link V92 PCI Modem
WindowsXP Home Edition
Antec PLUS660 w/330W

I built the above system last November using a
Soyo SY-K333 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition Via KT333, and have had many problems (freezes). I've read about similar problems with this mobo+Nvidia graphic card+WinXP.
I considered power supply problems in the beginning. Someone said that my brand name power supply "Antec" was enough. My problems started as soon as I put the system together before I had my TV tuner card. I checked for IRQ conflicts and saw that my modem card was sharing IRQ 11 with my graphic card. I tried every slot for the modem and it always wanted to share 11 with my vid card. I removed the modem card and my problems went away. I tried 3 different pci modems and all caused sharing and freezes. So I went with a serial external modem, and my freezes dissapeared. I added the TV tuner card which did not try to share IRQ11. It shares IRQ 10 with a Via USB universal host controller.
I also added a USB scanner. No problems or freezes at first. About 2 months ago I started getting the freezes again. Always when I was connected to the internet. I'm pretty much at a loss other than I am guareented imediate freezes if i install a pci modem. My freezes might be unrelated. Who knows???????
So, I'm taking a chance that it might be mobo related.

Does the Asus a7V 333 seem like a good choice for my components?
thanks,
kev

 

[mechBgon]

I'd suggest an EPoX 8RDA+ or some other nForce2 board that's got the MCP-T southbridge in it. I used to have an A7V333-RAID and ended up being not very happy with it, partly due to crummy PCI performance (low bandwidth and issues that I wasn't able to resolve).

Regarding the IRQs, there is often one "best" slot, and on an A7V333-RAID it's the second PCI slot from the bottom. more than you ever wanted to know about A7V333's. Don't be surprised if you see IRQs get shared quite extensively on whatever board you get, there's a reason for that: Why?

Nice case & excellent power supply, by the way

 

[onelin]

I second mechBgon's recommendation. As you can see from the thread, I too had the same board (A7V333-Raid) and it is no longer for my primary system. I ended up having a lot of lingering strange issues, and have since sworn off Asus.