My computer has the following specs:
-Asus P4T-E motherboard with Intel 850 chipset
-Intel Pentium 4 1.9GHz 478-pin retail processor and heatsink
-PC Power and Cooling 450 Watt ATX 2.03-compliant(Pentium 4 compatible) power supply
-80 GB Western Digital 7200rpm IDE hard drive partitioned as
followed: 25GB for Windows 98 Second Edition (FAT32), 20GB FAT32 partition, 35GB FAT32 partition
-512 MB (2 X 256 MB RIMMs) Samsung PC800 Rambus RIMMs
-Sigma Designs RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder PCI card
-DCS PCI 32-bit sound card with Yamaha YMF724 chipset
-VisionTek 64MB DDR SDRAM GeForce3 AGP video card
-U.S. Robotics 56K V.90 controller-based PCI modem
-Plextor 12/10/32A ATAPI CD-RW drive
-Toshiba 4.8X/32X ATAPI DVD-ROM drive
-Kenwood 72X True-X ATAPI CD-ROM drive
After installing all the above components in my Enlight ATX case, I partitioned and formatted the Western Digital hard drive and installed Windows 98 Second Edition on partition number one. I then installed the following software in the order shown: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Version 3.20.1008, Intel Application Accelerator 1.1.2, nVidia Detonator XP 23.11 Drivers, Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver Version 6.20, and Microsoft DirectX 8.1. After installing the above, I installed the drivers for the following components: RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder card Version 1.82, DCS 32-bit sound card with Yamaha reference drivers version 5.12.01.2228, and the US Robotics modem drivers. I then wanted to test DVD playback on my new system. To my amazement, the DVD "Commando" played very jerky. I then installed and played the game "Max Payne." It too was jerky. After a fresh re-install of the operating system and loading the Intel drivers, I tried each of these solutions (after trying solution one and failing, I re-formated my hard drive and re-installed Windows 98 and the Intel drivers): installing nVidia Detonator XP 21.83 drivers, nVidia Detonator 3 Version 15.70 WHQL drivers, Microsoft DirectX 8.0a, RealMagic Hollywood Plus 2.3 beta drivers. None of this solved the jerky video problem. I also swapped the positions of the PCI cards, disabled the two serial and parallel ports on the motherboard, and converted a parallel printer and a serial remote control for the RealMagic Hollywood Plus card to USB devices to get rid of IRQ conflicts. After eliminating the single IRQ conflict on my machine, I tried playing the "Commando" DVD again. It still played jerky. I also tried swaping my IDE rounded cables for regular IDE cables to alleviate this problem. This did not work. I returned this board back to ASUS. After performing a series of tests, the technician told me that the board was fine. He did not experience the jerky video issue when he played a DVD on my motherboard. He did suggest that I replaced the two Kingston 256MB PC800 RIMMs for two Samsung 256 MB PC800 RIMMs. He claimed that Kingston RIMMs do not comply with Intel RIMM specifications and thus could be causing my jerky video problem. He also suggested that I try installing Windows XP and see if my problem goes away. After getting back the board from Asus yesterday, I installed the Samsung RIMMs in my machine in slots A1 and B1 and placing CRIMMs in slots A2 and B2. I am still experiencing the jerky video problem. Should I purchase Windows XP, buy a new Asus or other Intel 850 chipset motherboard, or try something else to see if my jerky video problem goes away? Thanks in advance.
Dave
-Asus P4T-E motherboard with Intel 850 chipset
-Intel Pentium 4 1.9GHz 478-pin retail processor and heatsink
-PC Power and Cooling 450 Watt ATX 2.03-compliant(Pentium 4 compatible) power supply
-80 GB Western Digital 7200rpm IDE hard drive partitioned as
followed: 25GB for Windows 98 Second Edition (FAT32), 20GB FAT32 partition, 35GB FAT32 partition
-512 MB (2 X 256 MB RIMMs) Samsung PC800 Rambus RIMMs
-Sigma Designs RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder PCI card
-DCS PCI 32-bit sound card with Yamaha YMF724 chipset
-VisionTek 64MB DDR SDRAM GeForce3 AGP video card
-U.S. Robotics 56K V.90 controller-based PCI modem
-Plextor 12/10/32A ATAPI CD-RW drive
-Toshiba 4.8X/32X ATAPI DVD-ROM drive
-Kenwood 72X True-X ATAPI CD-ROM drive
After installing all the above components in my Enlight ATX case, I partitioned and formatted the Western Digital hard drive and installed Windows 98 Second Edition on partition number one. I then installed the following software in the order shown: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Version 3.20.1008, Intel Application Accelerator 1.1.2, nVidia Detonator XP 23.11 Drivers, Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver Version 6.20, and Microsoft DirectX 8.1. After installing the above, I installed the drivers for the following components: RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder card Version 1.82, DCS 32-bit sound card with Yamaha reference drivers version 5.12.01.2228, and the US Robotics modem drivers. I then wanted to test DVD playback on my new system. To my amazement, the DVD "Commando" played very jerky. I then installed and played the game "Max Payne." It too was jerky. After a fresh re-install of the operating system and loading the Intel drivers, I tried each of these solutions (after trying solution one and failing, I re-formated my hard drive and re-installed Windows 98 and the Intel drivers): installing nVidia Detonator XP 21.83 drivers, nVidia Detonator 3 Version 15.70 WHQL drivers, Microsoft DirectX 8.0a, RealMagic Hollywood Plus 2.3 beta drivers. None of this solved the jerky video problem. I also swapped the positions of the PCI cards, disabled the two serial and parallel ports on the motherboard, and converted a parallel printer and a serial remote control for the RealMagic Hollywood Plus card to USB devices to get rid of IRQ conflicts. After eliminating the single IRQ conflict on my machine, I tried playing the "Commando" DVD again. It still played jerky. I also tried swaping my IDE rounded cables for regular IDE cables to alleviate this problem. This did not work. I returned this board back to ASUS. After performing a series of tests, the technician told me that the board was fine. He did not experience the jerky video issue when he played a DVD on my motherboard. He did suggest that I replaced the two Kingston 256MB PC800 RIMMs for two Samsung 256 MB PC800 RIMMs. He claimed that Kingston RIMMs do not comply with Intel RIMM specifications and thus could be causing my jerky video problem. He also suggested that I try installing Windows XP and see if my problem goes away. After getting back the board from Asus yesterday, I installed the Samsung RIMMs in my machine in slots A1 and B1 and placing CRIMMs in slots A2 and B2. I am still experiencing the jerky video problem. Should I purchase Windows XP, buy a new Asus or other Intel 850 chipset motherboard, or try something else to see if my jerky video problem goes away? Thanks in advance.
Dave
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