On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 04:11:42PM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote: >Willem, > >Willem Riede wrote: > >>On 2003.05.26 16:05, Harold L Hunt II wrote: >> >>>I think I would keep the 8500DV but get a new motherboard instead. I >>>had read before that the AGP support on that particular Iwill board was >>>spotty, but I didn't care because I had never owned an AGP card. Most >>>other boards out there don't have the same types of problems and I am >>>sure that Iwill has improved their AGP support in the past two years as >>>well. >>> >>>Thanks for describing the problem. It was kinda neat to see the exact >>>same problem that I had happening to another user :) I mean, it sucks >>>that it happened to you, but it keeps me from thinking that I was just >>>doing something wrong with my configuration. :) >> >> >>Just in case anyone is curious how this story ends... >> >>I've replaced the Iwill KA266-R motherboard with a GigaByte GA-7DXE, and >>things work great now with the 8500DV - DVD plays smooth as silk, and XWin >>works properly with the default engine. >> > >Excellent! It is good to have confirmation that the 8500 DV isn't the >problem. Now if I can only talk the pre-wife into letting me get a new >motherboard *and* the new All In Wonder 9500... :) > >>Now, if anyone wants a slightly used KA266-R :-) >> > >I think the one I have is plenty for me. :)
Hey, I have one of those too. I've had no end of problems with it. Maybe it's time to swap in a new motherboard. cgf