Last last year, I was enticed to buy a no-name clone. All of the components are name brand, other than the motherboard (Commate P2BXA, Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2 chipset; Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG). The vendor assured me that there were no compatibility problems with it. From a Win98-POV, he was probably right. So I purchased it, against my better judgment. Since installing W2K in another partition, however, I've had nothing but problems. USB devices are detected one minute, disappear the next. This goes on the entire time the system is on.
I purchased an updated Award BIOS, hoping this would resolve my problems--but saw no improvement. The devices work fine in Win98SE.
After many, many newsgroup threads and messages, Microsoft T/S is suggesting that I consider a replacement motherboard; after all the problems I've had with this system, I'm inclined to agree.
Problem: My system is (likely) fine, other than the motherboard. Genuine Intel P3/550 (Slot 1), Kingston memory, ATI Rage 128 video card, 3Com 56K modem, SB Live!/DVD-ROM/MPEG decoder, mid-size tower.
Any suggestions as to a motherboard that works well with W2K that I could swap and use with the rest of my system? After reading reviews on Anandtech.com, I was leaning towards the Asus P3V4X board--but it uses the Via Apollo Pro 133a chipset, which I've heard horror stories about with W2K.
Many have suggested a board based on the Intel 815E chipset (Intel, Tyan, etc.) but they only seem to come in Socket 370 form.
Appreciate any suggestions and comments.
I purchased an updated Award BIOS, hoping this would resolve my problems--but saw no improvement. The devices work fine in Win98SE.
After many, many newsgroup threads and messages, Microsoft T/S is suggesting that I consider a replacement motherboard; after all the problems I've had with this system, I'm inclined to agree.
Problem: My system is (likely) fine, other than the motherboard. Genuine Intel P3/550 (Slot 1), Kingston memory, ATI Rage 128 video card, 3Com 56K modem, SB Live!/DVD-ROM/MPEG decoder, mid-size tower.
Any suggestions as to a motherboard that works well with W2K that I could swap and use with the rest of my system? After reading reviews on Anandtech.com, I was leaning towards the Asus P3V4X board--but it uses the Via Apollo Pro 133a chipset, which I've heard horror stories about with W2K.
Many have suggested a board based on the Intel 815E chipset (Intel, Tyan, etc.) but they only seem to come in Socket 370 form.
Appreciate any suggestions and comments.
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