> -----Original Message----- > From: Winterlight > I have one of the early 503+ with a K62550. It is running > with XP PRO.
> There is nothing about a 503+ that > precludes it from working with XP. However, this board, by todays > standards, is a problematic POS. The problem is your board, > and the VIA > chipset. You will have all sorts of IRQ conflicts with this > board. It > likes certain hardware and just plain won't run with certain hardware. Funny you should say that, because "back in the day," I had this mb running with a PCI Diamond FirePort 40 SCSI-2 Adapter attached to a Yamaha SCSI CDRW (that I paid almost $600 for, not counting the SCSI adapter) and TEAC CDROM, PCI network card, AGP video card, ISA modem, ISA scanner interface, and ISA sound card. I ran Windows 98 with 128 MB DIMM, a 14.4 GB and 8.4 GB hard drives and an NEC 6X CDROM IDE changer. I never ran into any conflicts with this fully loaded system. > I have the latest 115Je36 BIOS for the 503. You can run a K62 > 550 with it > like I am doing. If you want me to mail it to you then back > channel me. Thanks, but I think I will cut my losses and move on. Thank you very much for the offer. Jim
