Yeah, I have a Abit Be6 Motherboard... teh High Point controller is really 
messed up.  I ended up replacing it with a Promise technologies controller 
and offloading all my UDMA 66 stuff to it.

To avoid the bluescreen with Win2k, you'll need to run your primary HD off 
the regular UDMA 33 controller and install Windows from there.



At 05:44 PM 11/19/00 -0800, you wrote:

>Hmm.  We use almost exclusivley AMD at my office here, and we have had no
>problems.  We do use exclusivley ABIT motherboards (also taiwanese), and
>there are some installation issues having to do with the IDE Controller's
>that they use (HighPoint Technologies).  If you don't install the proper
>drivers when installing 2000 or NT you will usually get a BSOD when booting
>up.
>
>Otherwise, I would highly recommend going with Win 2000 Pro, it is a _much_
>more stable OS than 98.  Most current manufacturers have been very good
>about supplying 2000 drivers.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:51 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: Recommended Operating System
>
>
>Generic Taiwanese is the only answer at this point,  the gentleman I got it
>from is looking in to it however, we
>have not come up with a solution yet, therefore I went with NT workstation 4
>and will apply service pack 5 for now,
>untill I can determine more on this whole mess.   Honestly my son wants dad
>to go win 98SE but I have more trust in
>NT workstation for what I am trying to obtain, which is a stable development
>enviroment
>
>Paul Mone wrote:
>
> > What sort of motherboard are you using?  It might be your IDE controller
> > causing your trouble.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:17 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: Recommended Operating System
> >
> > Thanks for the replys I have gotten, unfortunately I guess that win2000
>does
> > not like and AMD processor, either way
> > I went to NT workstation 4 , tried the 2000 , a few times and got tired of
> > the hardware failure, NO idea of what
> > caused it, but am too darn tired to start hemmin and hawwing about what it
> > likes and does NOT like.
> > Many thanks again to those that responded directly and also have a happy
> > holiday this week, and pig out, on as much
> > as possible.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > MichaelBB wrote:
> >
> > >         Going to put in a new hard drive, and wanted opinions on OS,
> > either NT 4
> > > workstation or 2000 pro
> > >
> > >         Processer is and AMD 700 Duron
> > >         Memory is 128 megs, should be more then enough
> > >
> > >         HD will be 30 gig
> > >
> > >         Those who reply, if you could explain your reasoning, it would
>be
> > > appreciated, I am at the point of 60% 2000Pro but 40% NT workstation,
> > > because of the compatibility, and less agravation on driver issues, also
> > > does CF have any issues's with 2000 Pro?
> > >
> > > THanks
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