Jeff, Our posts must have passed in the mail. Thanks for the BIOS site. When I visited the FIC website, I could not get the BIOS site to load. But, as you said, the updates don't address Windows XP, and as my last post mentioned, FIC specifically states the mb doesn't support XP, which your experience contradicts. I knew the system would be slow, but I was hoping it would at least load. I think the problem still lies elsewhere in the equipment.
BTW, you are not bugging me in the least. While I hate issues such as these, it is where I usually learn the most. Thanks, Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: eff.lane > > Here's your BIOS > (http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard/bios/pre/va-503_bio > s.aspx).......no > help there. I had, and still have, a number of those boards > out in the > field. They are very, IMHO, reliable an at least one, with a > 450Mhz CPU, is > running XP Pro with no issues other than not being very fast. As I > mentioned, you might let Windows say what it likes or not. > > Luck and I'll quit bugging you, > > Jeff
