Instable computer: KA7-10, VIA KX133 + GeForce2 MX

[Marco van Hulten]

My computer is instable. It reboots at random moments, i.e. in W98se, WME, but also in W2K, Linux and even outside any OS.
How can this be, and what do I do to make it stable?
// Specifications of my computer:

[specs]
- Abit KA7-100
- AMD Athlon 550 (not overclocked)
- VIA Apollo KX133 chipset
- Creative GeForce2 MX
- Creative SB Live! Player
- 256 MB 133 SDRAM
- InWin S500 High-End ATX
- Matrox HD, Philips CD-ROM, Acer CD-writer, Dynalink modem, floppydrive

// I already tried the following to make my system stable:

[general]
- stripped the computer from unneccesary hardware components
- changed memory
- changed powersuply to 300 W

[BIOS-settings]
- loaded BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults
- disabled Video BIOS Shadow and C8000 to DFFFF Shadow
- disabled Video RAM Cacheable
- disabled AGP 4x mode
- setted AGP Driving Control to Manual
- played with AGP Driving Value
- putted AGP Aperture Size to 128 (half of my memory)
- disabled PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
- enabled Assign IRQ For VGA

[BlasterControl Tweak Centre]
- changed Data Transfer Rate to 1x AGP
- setted clockspeed to minimum (257 MHz)

[Drivers in W2K and WME]
- standard Creative drivers of GeForce2
- NVIDIA TNT2-drivers v 6.31
- agp2k510 (AGP filter driver)
- official 4in1425(1)a (VIA Server Pack with INF-drivers, AGP-vxd etc.)
- b\`eta 4in1428a

I tried all changes above individual -> in alle cases my system was instable!
I also tried many combinations and even all together -> in all cases my system was instable .

[davidstone28]

All the answers to your problems are at:-
http://www.icrontic.com/faqs/ka7faq/ka7faq.htm http://www.geforcefaq.com/


This is about the 295th time someone has posted about this problem.......check the archived threads before you post next time you muppet!!!!