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. Now, if anyone wants a slightly used KA266-R :-) Thanks, Willem Riede.
