Win2K - Pros - Cons

[omegaRED]

Oh yeah, i just found the 1.25.2 drivers over on Win2K world

http://www.caffeen.net/win2k/drivers...chive_may.html



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Seth, are you ok ?
I`m peachy, Kate. The world is my oyster.

[omegaRED]

And another thing. The first time i installed W2K, i looked at the IRQs ... the Matrox, the Sound card AND the HPT366 were all on IRQ 11??!?! Was that normal? Windows didnt report any conflicts or something. Another thing i noticed is that when i tried to change their IRQ in Windows, coz it didnt seem right, i couldnt ... was i supposed to set their IRQs in the Bios???

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Seth, are you ok ?
I`m peachy, Kate. The world is my oyster.

[fds]

Sheesh.. The IRQ thing is quite normal. Search the MURC forums, it has been discussed here a million times.

The HPT366 not working reliably is also quite normal unfortunately. If I were you, I'd just forget about it and go back to using the onboard ATA33. Well, that's exactly what I did after a long, unsuccessful battle with their terrible drivers. And I don't miss it the slightest. In fact I would love to completely get rid of the stupid thing and eliminate the HPT crap entirely from the boot process.

[omegaRED]

Hey hey ! Calm down, will you? It`s not like i`m lazy or dont want to read or anything, i just thought it MAY have something to do with the problems i`m having ...

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Seth, are you ok ?
I`m peachy, Kate. The world is my oyster.

[omegaRED]

Anyhow, i`ll try the newest and the certified MS drivers, and if have any success, you`ll be the first to know ...

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Seth, are you ok ?
I`m peachy, Kate. The world is my oyster.

[omegaRED]

Success! Finally, W2K`s been running stable for the last couple of days, no probs with the newest 1.25.2 HPT366 Drivers. Thank god. One strange thing i`ve noticed though. Before complete shutdow ( still in Windows ), the HDD spins up & down a couple of times. It`s like it powers down & up while W2K shuts down. Should i be worried?

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Seth, are you ok ?
I`m peachy, Kate. The world is my oyster.