Help! Can't Play Games after getting Athlon XP.

[Wolfcastle]

Here are my specs:

Windows XP Pro
Athlon XP 1800+
KT7A-RAID Rev 1.1
MSI Geforce 3 TI200 driver 21.83
Sparkle 300-60BTV
Creative Soundblaster 16 ISA
256MB 133 RAM
128MB 100 CAS2 RAM

I recently upgraded the processor from Thunderbird 700@866 to the XP 1800+.

Everything was fine before I upgraded to Athlon XP. Now although everything seems to be working fine, I can't play any games like UT (which gives me different "General Protection Error") after a few minutes of play regardless of what mode (D3D, OpenGL, Software). Kingpin and Counterstrike don't work either.

I have a spare S3 Savage 4 to test out the games, and it gives me no errors. So I am wondering what's wrong with the Geforce 3 since with the Thunderbird 866, there were absolutely no problems. Only the combo of Athlon XP and Geforce 3 there seems to be problems. You think the Power Supply has anything to do with it? The Sparkle 300-60BTV is specifically purchased for Athlon XP, so I really hope Power Supply isn't the issue, but maybe something like a BIOS setting or Geforce 3 driver?

I will be returning my Athlon XP at the end of this week if I can't fix this. Any help appreciated.

 

[sMashPiranha]

Umm, you've got PC100 ram in there? Take it out and see if that fixes it. Athlon XP is 133 FSB (266 DDR).

 

[Wolfcastle]

Although Athlon XP probably uses 133 RAM, KT7A-RAID takes 100 and 133. Regardless, I tried it with only 133 and still no go. I also keep getting the "Windows has recovered from a serious error" frequently at every startup.

 

[santar72]

The kt7a rev. 1.1 doesn't support xp. Only rev. 1.2 and higher does. I know since this is the revsion I have. You might try to flash the bios that is design for rev. 1.2, but I don't know what will happen.

 

[Adul]

XP isnt supported. but I wouldn't mind a trade with you for my athlon 1.4 Ahyja unlock cpu for you XP 1800+. and some cash

 

[Wolfcastle]

Viahardware.com's KT7A FAQ states that the <1.3 incompatibility only arises in the form of a bootup issue, so a BIOS flash should be sufficient, and an occasional hard reset if the computer fails to boot up. So you guys with <1.3 rev can still go for the XPs. I would really take into consideration cooling and power supply if you do.

However, my 5V is at 4.86V and when playing games it goes to 4.83V occasionally. Is that too low? I heard that Geforce3 doesn't like anything below 4.85V. I have a Sparkle 300W PS, so I figured that wouldn't be the issue, but now I'm not sure anymore. Plus, it's worth noting that I didn't really have problems with my Savage4 with Athlon XP. The computer was running pretty solid.