XP will not load

[Marv Niederhaus]

Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
with onboard RAID support
Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
Windows XP Home Edition

Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2 WD
36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped array.
Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP start
to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at different
places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no problems
at all, however ME does not make use of the hyperthreading.
Question 1: Where do I go from here?
Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
XP can't handle it.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Marv

[Gran Salseron]

Go to the site of the motherboard mfr to see if there are special
winxp drivers that have to be loaded on initial setup. Like on
almost the very first page of setup there is a screen that says
press F6 to load special drivers, etc.

For most RAID enabled controllers and if you are using RAID
then there is usually a special driver that will install RAID
support.

If you don't load these drivers at initial setup winxp will
never install correctly.

"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
...
> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
> with onboard RAID support
> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> Windows XP Home Edition
>
> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2 WD
> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped array.
> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP start
> to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at different
> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
> through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no problems
> at all, however ME does not make use of the hyperthreading.
> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
> XP can't handle it.
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Thanks,
> Marv
>


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[Pete Baker]

Hi Marv

First thing to check for you...

Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available from Gigabyte is F5

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20Ultra.htm

Not many other updates on that site for obvious reasons.

Hope that helps
Pete
--------------------------

"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
...
> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
> with onboard RAID support
> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> Windows XP Home Edition
>
> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2 WD
> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped array.
> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP start
> to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at different
> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
> through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no problems
> at all, however ME does not make use of the hyperthreading.
> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
> XP can't handle it.
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Thanks,
> Marv
>

[Marv]

Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Marv
>
>First thing to check for you...
>
>Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available
from Gigabyte is F5
>
>http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
>
>Not many other updates on that site for obvious reasons.
>
>Hope that helps
>Pete
>--------------------------
>
>"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
...
>> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
>> with onboard RAID support
>> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
>> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
>> Windows XP Home Edition
>>
>> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2
WD
>> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped
array.
>> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP
start
>> to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
>> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
different
>> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
>> through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
>> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
problems
>> at all, however ME does not make use of the
hyperthreading.
>> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
>> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
>> XP can't handle it.
>> Any help would be appreciated,
>> Thanks,
>> Marv
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Pete Baker]

Hi Marv

Which controller are you loading when you're prompted to 'press F6 for
third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP installation?
I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon Image controller for SATA.
They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid controller?
Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD? Have you correctly created
the necessary floppy?
If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then you should be using the
SATARaid controller.
Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during the XP install?

BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.

Pete
-----------

"Marv" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Marv
> >
> >First thing to check for you...
> >
> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available
> from Gigabyte is F5
> >
> >http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
> >
> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious reasons.
> >
> >Hope that helps
> >Pete
> >--------------------------
> >
> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
> >> with onboard RAID support
> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >>
> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2
> WD
> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped
> array.
> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP
> start
> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
> different
> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
> >> through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
> problems
> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
> hyperthreading.
> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
> >> XP can't handle it.
> >> Any help would be appreciated,
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marv
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Pete Baker]

Hi again Marv

One other thought, since I've been flicking through your mobo manual. Do
you have the "Top Performance" option in your BIOS enabled? It's
recommended that if you experience stability problems you should disable
this function.

Hope some of that helps
Pete
---------------
"Marv" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Marv
> >
> >First thing to check for you...
> >
> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available
> from Gigabyte is F5
> >
> >http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
> >
> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious reasons.
> >
> >Hope that helps
> >Pete
> >--------------------------
> >
> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB & Hyperthreading
> >> with onboard RAID support
> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >>
> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and 2
> WD
> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped
> array.
> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP
> start
> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always get the
> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
> different
> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
> >> through to finish but never in a stable configuration.
> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
> problems
> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
> hyperthreading.
> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to go if
> >> XP can't handle it.
> >> Any help would be appreciated,
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marv
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Marv]

I am using the SiliconImage chip. Have tried the drivers
from both the motherboard cd and have also downloaded it
from the SiliconImage site. I have actually tried two
versions 1.0.0.25 and 1.0.0.28. Strangly XP does not like
the most recent version (not complient with XP) but will
accept the older version. No problem with creating the
raid and XP will see the raid. Thought the raid might be
my original problem but problems also occur with a single
normal ide disk. Will try the video driver this weekend. I
temporarily bought a cheap card for now and the screen
keeps blanking out for a moment during XP loading. I look
for your other suggestion, don't remember seeing that in
the cmos section. Still looking for other drivers I can
update. I have a feeling it has got to be a driver. Sent
an email to Giga-Byte but havn't heard anything. Thanks
for your help.

Marv
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Marv
>
>Which controller are you loading when you're prompted
to 'press F6 for
>third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP installation?
>I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon Image
controller for SATA.
>They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid
controller?
>Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD? Have you
correctly created
>the necessary floppy?
>If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then you
should be using the
>SATARaid controller.
>Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during the XP
install?
>
>BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.
>
>Pete
>-----------
>
>"Marv" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Marv
>> >
>> >First thing to check for you...
>> >
>> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available
>> from Gigabyte is F5
>> >
>> >http://www.giga-
byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
>> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
>> >
>> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious
reasons.
>> >
>> >Hope that helps
>> >Pete
>> >--------------------------
>> >
>> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB &
Hyperthreading
>> >> with onboard RAID support
>> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
>> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
>> >> Windows XP Home Edition
>> >>
>> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and
2
>> WD
>> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped
>> array.
>> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP
>> start
>> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always get
the
>> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
>> different
>> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
>> >> through to finish but never in a stable
configuration.
>> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
>> problems
>> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
>> hyperthreading.
>> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
>> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to
go if
>> >> XP can't handle it.
>> >> Any help would be appreciated,
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Marv
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Pete Baker]

Hi Marv

I'd advise you to only use drivers supplied by your motherboard manufacturer
for any integrated chips or controllers. For example the SATA controller
drivers from the Silicon Image website are specifically for their PCI card
version. Some motherboard manufacturers, e.g. Asus, have been known to
tweak the controller for various reasons including compatibility with the
other on-board features - that's probably why the more recent Silicon Image
driver doesn't work while the giga-byte supplied one does.

Your motherboard manual should tell you about the Top Performance feature,
it's worth making sure that it is disabled if you're having a problem with
stability. Basically it seems to work as an over-clocking facility. It's
detailed, briefly, on page number 63 (in the pdf view it's p 25 of 70) of
the 'manual_8knxpu_e_3.pdf' file, available from the giga-byte website.

Post an update on your progress when you can

Good luck
Pete
---------------------

[Paul Rubin]

You might try setting to DDR333, as the current bios has difficulty
running at DDR400 with many systems. Gigabyte tech support says that
the F6 bios that addresses the memory timing is coming soon.

Sincerely,
Paul Rubin



"Marv" > wrote in message >...
> I am using the SiliconImage chip. Have tried the drivers
> from both the motherboard cd and have also downloaded it
> from the SiliconImage site. I have actually tried two
> versions 1.0.0.25 and 1.0.0.28. Strangly XP does not like
> the most recent version (not complient with XP) but will
> accept the older version. No problem with creating the
> raid and XP will see the raid. Thought the raid might be
> my original problem but problems also occur with a single
> normal ide disk. Will try the video driver this weekend. I
> temporarily bought a cheap card for now and the screen
> keeps blanking out for a moment during XP loading. I look
> for your other suggestion, don't remember seeing that in
> the cmos section. Still looking for other drivers I can
> update. I have a feeling it has got to be a driver. Sent
> an email to Giga-Byte but havn't heard anything. Thanks
> for your help.
>
> Marv
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Marv
> >
> >Which controller are you loading when you're prompted
> to 'press F6 for
> >third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP installation?
> >I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon Image
> controller for SATA.
> >They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid
> controller?
> >Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD? Have you
> correctly created
> >the necessary floppy?
> >If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then you
> should be using the
> >SATARaid controller.
> >Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during the XP
> install?
> >
> >BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.
> >
> >Pete
> >-----------
> >
> >"Marv" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hi Marv
> >> >
> >> >First thing to check for you...
> >> >
> >> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest available
> from Gigabyte is F5
> >> >
> >> >http://www.giga-
> byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
> >> >
> >> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious
> reasons.
> >> >
> >> >Hope that helps
> >> >Pete
> >> >--------------------------
> >> >
> >> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in
> message
> >> ...
> >> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB &
> Hyperthreading
> >> >> with onboard RAID support
> >> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> >> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> >> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >> >>
> >> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive and
> 2
> WD
> >> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a striped
> array.
> >> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized and XP
> start
> >> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always get
> the
> >> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
> different
> >> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax it
> >> >> through to finish but never in a stable
> configuration.
> >> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
> problems
> >> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
> hyperthreading.
> >> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> >> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction to
> go if
> >> >> XP can't handle it.
> >> >> Any help would be appreciated,
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> Marv
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Marv Niederhaus]

BINGO!....How many hours of frustration Giga-Byte could
have saved me by responding to my email. Still havn't
heard from them. Dropped it down to 333 and XP loaded
with only one minor problem. No fault pages. How great it
was to see it go through to completion! I had my back up
against the wall. Had tried everything I could possible
think of. I enjoy a good challenge when building a new
machine (you learn alot) but this was getting much to
frustrating and time comsuming.
Thanks alot!!! for taking the time to respond.
Marv
>-----Original Message-----
>You might try setting to DDR333, as the current bios has
difficulty
>running at DDR400 with many systems. Gigabyte tech
support says that
>the F6 bios that addresses the memory timing is coming
soon.
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Rubin

>
>
>"Marv" > wrote in message
>...
>> I am using the SiliconImage chip. Have tried the
drivers
>> from both the motherboard cd and have also downloaded
it
>> from the SiliconImage site. I have actually tried two
>> versions 1.0.0.25 and 1.0.0.28. Strangly XP does not
like
>> the most recent version (not complient with XP) but
will
>> accept the older version. No problem with creating the
>> raid and XP will see the raid. Thought the raid might
be
>> my original problem but problems also occur with a
single
>> normal ide disk. Will try the video driver this
weekend. I
>> temporarily bought a cheap card for now and the screen
>> keeps blanking out for a moment during XP loading. I
look
>> for your other suggestion, don't remember seeing that
in
>> the cmos section. Still looking for other drivers I
can
>> update. I have a feeling it has got to be a driver.
Sent
>> an email to Giga-Byte but havn't heard anything.
Thanks
>> for your help.
>>
>> Marv
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Marv
>> >
>> >Which controller are you loading when you're prompted
>> to 'press F6 for
>> >third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP
installation?
>> >I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon
Image
>> controller for SATA.
>> >They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid
>> controller?
>> >Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD? Have
you
>> correctly created
>> >the necessary floppy?
>> >If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then you
>> should be using the
>> >SATARaid controller.
>> >Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during the
XP
>> install?
>> >
>> >BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.
>> >
>> >Pete
>> >-----------
>> >
>> >"Marv" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Hi Marv
>> >> >
>> >> >First thing to check for you...
>> >> >
>> >> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest
available
>> from Gigabyte is F5
>> >> >
>> >> >http://www.giga-
>> byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
>> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
>> >> >
>> >> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious
>> reasons.
>> >> >
>> >> >Hope that helps
>> >> >Pete
>> >> >--------------------------
>> >> >
>> >> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in
>> message
>> >> ...
>> >> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB &
>> Hyperthreading
>> >> >> with onboard RAID support
>> >> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
>> >> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
>> >> >> Windows XP Home Edition
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive
and
>> 2
>> WD
>> >> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a
striped
>> array.
>> >> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized
and XP
>> start
>> >> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always
get
>> the
>> >> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
>> different
>> >> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax
it
>> >> >> through to finish but never in a stable
>> configuration.
>> >> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
>> problems
>> >> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
>> hyperthreading.
>> >> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
>> >> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction
to
>> go if
>> >> >> XP can't handle it.
>> >> >> Any help would be appreciated,
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> Marv
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>.
>

[Marv Niederhaus]

Hi Pete,
Don't know if you caught the response from Paul Rubin.
Suggested that I lower the memory speed from 400 to 333.
That did the trick. XP loaded the first time I tried it.
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Marv
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Marv
>
>I'd advise you to only use drivers supplied by your
motherboard manufacturer
>for any integrated chips or controllers. For example
the SATA controller
>drivers from the Silicon Image website are specifically
for their PCI card
>version. Some motherboard manufacturers, e.g. Asus,
have been known to
>tweak the controller for various reasons including
compatibility with the
>other on-board features - that's probably why the more
recent Silicon Image
>driver doesn't work while the giga-byte supplied one
does.
>
>Your motherboard manual should tell you about the Top
Performance feature,
>it's worth making sure that it is disabled if you're
having a problem with
>stability. Basically it seems to work as an over-
clocking facility. It's
>detailed, briefly, on page number 63 (in the pdf view
it's p 25 of 70) of
>the 'manual_8knxpu_e_3.pdf' file, available from the
giga-byte website.
>
>Post an update on your progress when you can
>
>Good luck
>Pete
>---------------------
>
>
>.
>

[Pete Baker]

Hi Marv

I did indeed catch Paul's suggestion. Good of Gigabyte to tell everyone
buying their mainboards about that particular problem, eh?

Glad you've got your system up and running.... and when Gigabyte get their
act together you can update the BIOS to get the system you paid for.

Pete
---------

[Paul Rubin]

You're most welcome Marv, I'm glad I can help a fellow
computer builder. I know just how frustrating these issues
can be! BTW, I have received a beta F6 BIOS from Giga-Byte
which I haven't yet tried; wanna give it a go? I have it
uploaded at:

http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=57572

Sincerely,
Paul Rubin


"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message >...
> BINGO!....How many hours of frustration Giga-Byte could
> have saved me by responding to my email. Still havn't
> heard from them. Dropped it down to 333 and XP loaded
> with only one minor problem. No fault pages. How great it
> was to see it go through to completion! I had my back up
> against the wall. Had tried everything I could possible
> think of. I enjoy a good challenge when building a new
> machine (you learn alot) but this was getting much to
> frustrating and time comsuming.
> Thanks alot!!! for taking the time to respond.
> Marv
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You might try setting to DDR333, as the current bios has
> difficulty
> >running at DDR400 with many systems. Gigabyte tech
> support says that
> >the F6 bios that addresses the memory timing is coming
> soon.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Paul Rubin
>
> >
> >
> >"Marv" > wrote in message
> >...
> >> I am using the SiliconImage chip. Have tried the
> drivers
> >> from both the motherboard cd and have also downloaded
> it
> >> from the SiliconImage site. I have actually tried two
> >> versions 1.0.0.25 and 1.0.0.28. Strangly XP does not
> like
> >> the most recent version (not complient with XP) but
> will
> >> accept the older version. No problem with creating the
> >> raid and XP will see the raid. Thought the raid might
> be
> >> my original problem but problems also occur with a
> single
> >> normal ide disk. Will try the video driver this
> weekend. I
> >> temporarily bought a cheap card for now and the screen
> >> keeps blanking out for a moment during XP loading. I
> look
> >> for your other suggestion, don't remember seeing that
> in
> >> the cmos section. Still looking for other drivers I
> can
> >> update. I have a feeling it has got to be a driver.
> Sent
> >> an email to Giga-Byte but havn't heard anything.
> Thanks
> >> for your help.
> >>
> >> Marv
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hi Marv
> >> >
> >> >Which controller are you loading when you're prompted
> to 'press F6 for
> >> >third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP
> installation?
> >> >I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon
> Image
> controller for SATA.
> >> >They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid
> controller?
> >> >Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD? Have
> you
> correctly created
> >> >the necessary floppy?
> >> >If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then you
> should be using the
> >> >SATARaid controller.
> >> >Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during the
> XP
> install?
> >> >
> >> >BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.
> >> >
> >> >Pete
> >> >-----------
> >> >
> >> >"Marv" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >Hi Marv
> >> >> >
> >> >> >First thing to check for you...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest
> available
> from Gigabyte is F5
> >> >> >
> >> >> >http://www.giga-
> >> byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
> >> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious
> reasons.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Hope that helps
> >> >> >Pete
> >> >> >--------------------------
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in
> message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB &
> Hyperthreading
> >> >> >> with onboard RAID support
> >> >> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
> >> >> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
> >> >> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE Drive
> and
> >> 2
> >> WD
> >> >> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a
> striped
> array.
> >> >> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized
> and XP
> start
> >> >> >> to load but never completes successfully. Always
> get
> the
> >> >> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts at
> different
> >> >> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can coax
> it
> >> >> >> through to finish but never in a stable
> configuration.
> >> >> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with no
> problems
> >> >> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
> hyperthreading.
> >> >> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
> >> >> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the direction
> to
> go if
> >> >> >> XP can't handle it.
> >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated,
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> Marv
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >.
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >.
> >

[Mar v]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>-----Original Message-----
>You're most welcome Marv, I'm glad I can help a fellow
>computer builder. I know just how frustrating these issues
>can be! BTW, I have received a beta F6 BIOS from Giga-Byte
>which I haven't yet tried; wanna give it a go? I have it
>uploaded at:
>
>http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/attachment.php?
s=&postid=57572
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Rubin

>
>"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote in message
>...
>> BINGO!....How many hours of frustration Giga-Byte could
>> have saved me by responding to my email. Still havn't
>> heard from them. Dropped it down to 333 and XP loaded
>> with only one minor problem. No fault pages. How great
it
>> was to see it go through to completion! I had my back
up
>> against the wall. Had tried everything I could possible
>> think of. I enjoy a good challenge when building a new
>> machine (you learn alot) but this was getting much to
>> frustrating and time comsuming.
>> Thanks alot!!! for taking the time to respond.
>> Marv
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >You might try setting to DDR333, as the current bios
has
>> difficulty
>> >running at DDR400 with many systems. Gigabyte tech
>> support says that
>> >the F6 bios that addresses the memory timing is coming
>> soon.
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >Paul Rubin
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"Marv" > wrote in message
>> >...
>> >> I am using the SiliconImage chip. Have tried the
>> drivers
>> >> from both the motherboard cd and have also
downloaded
>> it
>> >> from the SiliconImage site. I have actually tried
two
>> >> versions 1.0.0.25 and 1.0.0.28. Strangly XP does not
>> like
>> >> the most recent version (not complient with XP) but
>> will
>> >> accept the older version. No problem with creating
the
>> >> raid and XP will see the raid. Thought the raid
might
>> be
>> >> my original problem but problems also occur with a
>> single
>> >> normal ide disk. Will try the video driver this
>> weekend. I
>> >> temporarily bought a cheap card for now and the
screen
>> >> keeps blanking out for a moment during XP loading. I
>> look
>> >> for your other suggestion, don't remember seeing
that
>> in
>> >> the cmos section. Still looking for other drivers I
>> can
>> >> update. I have a feeling it has got to be a driver.
>> Sent
>> >> an email to Giga-Byte but havn't heard anything.
>> Thanks
>> >> for your help.
>> >>
>> >> Marv
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Hi Marv
>> >> >
>> >> >Which controller are you loading when you're
prompted
>> to 'press F6 for
>> >> >third party SCSI or RAID drivers' during XP
>> installation?
>> >> >I think I'm right in saying you have the Silicon
>> Image
>> controller for SATA.
>> >> >They usually supply both a SATALink and a SATARaid
>> controller?
>> >> >Did Gigabyte supply a floppy disk or just a CD?
Have
>> you
>> correctly created
>> >> >the necessary floppy?
>> >> >If you have both SATA drives in a RAID array then
you
>> should be using the
>> >> >SATARaid controller.
>> >> >Do you 'see' 1 72Gb drive or 2 36Gb drives during
the
>> XP
>> install?
>> >> >
>> >> >BTW, XP has no problem with hyper-threading.
>> >> >
>> >> >Pete
>> >> >-----------
>> >> >
>> >> >"Marv" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >> Thanks Pete, I have tried F3,F4,F5 with no luck.
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >Hi Marv
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >First thing to check for you...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Which BIOS version are you using?... latest
>> available
>> from Gigabyte is F5
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >http://www.giga-
>> >> byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-
>> >> 8KNXP%20Ultra.htm
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Not many other updates on that site for obvious
>> reasons.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Hope that helps
>> >> >> >Pete
>> >> >> >--------------------------
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"Marv Niederhaus" > wrote
in
>> message
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >> >> Giga-Byte GA-KNXP MB supports 800 FSB &
>> Hyperthreading
>> >> >> >> with onboard RAID support
>> >> >> >> Intel 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB w/Hyperthreading CPU
>> >> >> >> Twin Sticks Kingston DDR400 Memory
>> >> >> >> Windows XP Home Edition
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Have tried to load on a single Quantum IDE
Drive
>> and
>> >> 2
>> >> WD
>> >> >> >> 36 gig RAPTORS SATA drives configured in a
>> striped
>> array.
>> >> >> >> Drives in either configuration are recognized
>> and XP
>> start
>> >> >> >> to load but never completes successfully.
Always
>> get
>> the
>> >> >> >> blue fault screen. After enough tries (aborts
at
>> different
>> >> >> >> places but sometimes it will finish), I can
coax
>> it
>> >> >> >> through to finish but never in a stable
>> configuration.
>> >> >> >> Last night I was able to load Windows ME with
no
>> problems
>> >> >> >> at all, however ME does not make use of the
>> hyperthreading.
>> >> >> >> Question 1: Where do I go from here?
>> >> >> >> Question 2: Would windows 2000 be the
direction
>> to
>> go if
>> >> >> >> XP can't handle it.
>> >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated,
>> >> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> >> Marv
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >.
>> >
>.
>