I'm having trouble installing WindowsXP PRO
on this board:
GA-K8VM800M Rev 1
BIOS updated to F8

According to my BIOS, my CPU is "unknown"...
EVEREST v2.20.405 gives me the following Quick Report on it:
 CPU Type               Unknown, 2166 MHz (13 x 167)
 CPU Alias              Barton

Have received an old system as a donation for charity members.
The motherboard is:   Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
Having installed WinXP I thought everything was OK but turning off is
a problem.

I decide to build for fun. I bought cute MicroATX case and install
8S661FXMP-RZ. It was everything so smooth. No problem. One of most easy
setup and best  ever in my time. So I want to buy 2 more 8S661FXMP-RZ for
other PC :)

Just upgraded an old HP Pavilion with a GA8IPE1000Pro-G.. After lots of
hassle (couldn't get XP to boot with the new board even after sysprep,
repair installs etc.) I did a fresh install and it works.
Main problem so far is that the CPU fan will not slow down. I have SmartFan

Windows XP decided to eat it's registry on friday so I had to do a
complete ground up reinstall of my machine over the weekend.
I downloaded all the latest drivers from the gigabyte website for my
rev1 8KNXP, and everything is now fine, except one little annoying

I've just built this AMD rig one week ago, got XP Pro installed, and all the
drivers (I think) in and working.  device manager says all hardware is ok.
PowerDVD5 was giving me some problems running at first.  It runs fine now,
problem isn't PDVD.  I get the problem with anything ...

Help?
My problem:
My LAN connection keeps dropping. Will run for a while but then the
connection just kicks out. Sometimes it will reset by itself, other

I am trying to recycle an older computer for a friend . Machine has
GA-7ZX mobo with onboaed sound. I  have been unable to get the sound
to work. I tried the 4-in-1 from Gigabyte still no joy. Have
downloaded several drivers suggested by others. Checked bios setings,

I updated my bios for this motherboard as specified and now the device
manager detected a new multimedia audio device. My sound still seems to be
working ok. I downloaded the drivers from the gigabyte site for the audio
and what ever the mobo detected apparently isn't packaged ...

What's the difference between these two motherboards ???
GA-K8N Ultra-SLI vs GA-K8NXP-SLI ?
Which one is newer, which one is better quality wise, less bugs and problems
???

I recently purchased a GA-8IPE1000-G motherboard and after installing
it in my computer and getting everything hooked up, I am getting some
strange results.
Neither the power or reset switches do anything, I have to use the

To all Cognoscenti, Greetings!
Does anyone have any experience with GigaByte GA-7N400-L motherboards? Are
they reliable or troublesome? Any comments would be appreciated.
Andy

Hi just wondering if anyone has this motherboard 8I945P-G. I just
updated the bios using the @bios utill on the mobo driver disk. It
tells me that all went well and that I need to reboot my machine for
it to take effect! That’s where it all went pear shaped. When I

Thanks in advance for any ideas - this should be a great system if I
can get the Raptor to be seen by XP!
I have a Giga-byte K8N Ultra-9 with F5 BIOS and a new 74GB Raptor. I'm
trying to install XP on the single Raptor on a Silcon Image 3114 SATA