Marvel G200 Win98 ECS K7S5A and Lockups!

[pigseye]

Hi All,
Hope one of you can help me out. I have a dual boot system with Windows 98 and windows 2000 with a Marvel G200. I'm using 6.28 driver and 1.55 vid tools.

When I open the TV my system locks up. This worked fine before I upgraded my system to an ECS K7S5A and 1000 Ghz Duron. However now I can't get it to work in W98. I've downloaded and isntalled the latest drivers for the motherboard.

I was trying to utilize dual boot with Win98 to do my video captures and editing and use win2000 for my daily work.

also, Media Studio Pro 5.2 doesn't work with this configuration either. Video editor locks up.

I've reformated the partition and reinstalled everything several times. In addition I tried older drivers and vid tools with no success. I am using the bult in audio and video.

Any Ideas what's wrong?

Here's my System
ECS K7S5A motherboard using built in audio and Lan
Duron 1000
256 Crucial SDRAM memory
40 and 80 GB Maxtor hdd (7200)
Diamond Dual UW SCSI card
Pioneer SCSI DVD
Yamaha SCSI 4x4x16 CDRW
Lite-on 40X IDE CDRW
SCSI Zip 100mb

Thanks,
Pigseye

[Flying dutchman]

Can you give some details on this motherboard? If it is VIA-based, you're probably out of luck.

[Jkun]

No, this is one of those highly-praised SIS boards. Well, at least here they get high praise.

BTW, did you re-install windows after changing mobo's? Just changing drivers is not recommended, after changing mobo always do a complete re-install.

J-kun

[pigseye]

Yes, I did reinstall windows 98. In fact I did it a couple of times.

Am I using the wrong drivers and vid tools? Are there some AMD patches or drivers I need?

Thanks,
pigseye

[DJ]

I am using that very board and dual boot win98/win2k. It runs very stable but does have some compatibility problems. For instance it would not boot with a creative modem installed. However my Pinnacle DV500 works like a champ and that is one picky piece of hardware.

DJ

[Dr Mordrid]

If I were a computer I woudn't boot with Creative hardware in me either

Dr. Mordrid

[Jkun]

I do recall from others & reviews that this board is _really_ picky about the memory used in it. Maybe try anotehr brand stick?

J-kun

[DJ]

I am not a creative fan either and it was not my modem.

DJ

[Carl West]

Per Memory are you running it Async 100\133 cpu mem
from other forums the board has problems dealing with async mem acess, its in the bios but

[TnT]

Hmm... we nearly have the same hardware:
Marvel G200, Win98, K7S6A, 256MB Crucial PC2100 RAM

The only driver + video tool combination that is stable for me is 5.41 and 1.54. Can't remember what other combinations the exact details of why the other combinations didn't work.

Another distant possibility:
The only time it locks up on me when opening TV is if I do it soon after I turn on my computer. Like the BOB has to warm up for half an hour before it'll work. Don't know if this is a common issue or just me (it occurred with an older mobo too). Have you tried it after using it a while after booting/restarting the system?

[pigseye]

Thanks Guys,
I'll try your suggestions. I think my memory is setup up to run async.

I'll also try the earlier versions of drivers and vid tools.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

thanks,
Pigseye

[pigseye]

That did it Tnt!

Thanks it seems to be working. I'm going to try and load media studio pro.

Thanks again,
Pigseye