Could this be a CPU bug?

A stable Via system is an oxymoronic statement as they are only stable

Do you have any suggestions on how I am to 'make this board stable'? I've
played around with new and old versions of the 4in1 drivers, they either do
nothing or require a format c: after installation

 

Shoot it with a 9mm?

Yep, not surprized. After fighting with these for years because either
people requested a Via board or they brought me a system with one that was
flakey for years, I REFUSE to build a system using a Via chipset. If you
happen to luck into a hardware/software mix that doesn't upset things, they
work OK. It's too easy to add one piece of hardware or software that makes
the whole thing flake out and you get to fight to get it working right
again. Via singlehandedly has given AMD all of the "Not stable enough for
office use" stigma that AMD is still suffering from. Why some people STILL
try to defend Via after all the buggy chipsets and drivers they have
released over the years is beyond me.

 

Why people still buy Intel after all the buggy chipsets, motherboards,
CPU, drivers they have released over the last 30 years is beyond me too!

Ed

 

He has a via board so he has to deal with it, I would try the kt800 or kt600
chipsets.. the kt400's were flakey the kt400a's were little gems in many
respects and flakey in others. If you think that a cpu going to 100% is a
hardware error then by all means go buy new hardware. even if he knows what
he's doing then I expect he'll probably go through about 30 or 40
processor&mb combos per year
so hell give it a go!

 

Heh, did I mention that this thing goes nuts if I try to run a PCI video card
with it? Both AGP & PCI video options somehow messed up.

 

Yep. One must be careful out there!

 

rstlne wrote:

Nobody does. Toss the POS in the trash and get something that isn't a fight
to the finish.

 

I have built a lot of systems with VIA chipsets KT133A,KT266A,KT333 some
mine some for mine friends and all of them were rock solid and all of them
were built using EPoX motherboards.Iam still using as secondary computer an
EPoX 8KHA+ with the KT266A running 24/7 since 29 october 2001 and i have
used on this board almost any AMD cpu from 1400 Thunderbird to a 2400+
Athlon XP overclocked to 2250 i have now and its rock solid almost 2 years
now.