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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3683)	11/24/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: jw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Thanks, sounds like smooth sailing. Did you get a heat sink fan with the 300A, or will use your current one? Do you know if ABIT makes a Dual BH6 for the 300A? Regards, /jw

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3683)	11/24/1998 2:15:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Problem with NT4 and ATI's AIW Pro TV tuner: any ideas? I think the ATI All in Wonder Pro card I just got is pretty neat, and it works fine under w95. But I can't seem to get it working in NT. Tech support has responded once, but so far hasn't helped. I'll attach the e-mail and reply I sent. Any ideas much appreciated. --- Hi, I can't get the video player to launch in NT 4.0 with my AIW pro. I have the latest NT drivers and the latest Video player drivers from your web site, installed in that order, per your instructions. When I launch the player, I see briefly increased CPU activity, then nothing happens: no task control panel appears. There is also no thread in tskmgr executing for it. I have the AGP 4 meg version, just purchased. I'm using 1024x768 and 1152x862 resolutions, 16 and 24 bit color. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers a couple of times. Your help most appreciated. >Does this happen at any resolution and any color depth that you select? >Try 640x480 @ 16-bit color as a test, does it still happen? Yes, and yes. Each color depth I've tried does this, including the test you mentioned. >Try closing >off all programs running in memory, hit CTRL-ALT-DEL on your keyboard, a >"Close Program" box should appear with a list of program running in >memory. you will have to END TASK on each program. I've done this, and done a clean reboot, to no effect. >Also NT 4.0 must be upgraded with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 in order >to recognize and support the ATI display adapter. I have SP3 installed. Some more info: my NT boot partition is D. I also have a separate copy of the player installed in C, but this is the Windows 95 version (I have a dual boot system.) I've tried installing the NT player to C (different directory than 95 of course), D, and E with no luck. I did test the tuner under windows 95, and it seemed to work pretty well. I always seem to get the same symptoms, identical to the ones outlined below. Thanks for your help. I use NT 99% of the time, and am anxious to get this resolved. Regards, Dave

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3683)	11/24/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: halfscot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Dave: I did the same thing about 10 days ago with the same mobo and couldn't be happier. The performance increase from 400 to 450 was very noticeable due, no doubt, to the L2 cache. Also bought the Malaysia version, OEM, and it did not come with a heatsink/fan combo. I used the combo off my 266. Had to use 2.2 volts to get my 266 to run at 400 but the 300a runs stable up to 450 at 2 volts. Now I have a 266 with no where to go. halfscot

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3683)	11/25/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Dan Spangenberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Dave, have you tried it with the turbo setting on in the CPU setup menu? This adds about 3%, thus 103mhz x 4.5 = 463.5 mhz. Mine have always worked at this if they work at 450. When this is enabled though, the POST test will still show 450, but it is running at 463. Also you might try 112 mhz. My last chip from Malaysia is marked SL32A and runs rock solid at 112 at 2.2 volts. 112 x 4.5 = 504mhz. Cooling is still no problem, runs around 33 - 34 degrees centigrade. At 504 it is plenty snappy. I have been running stable for 4 or 5 weeks now. FWIW, at 463 the benchmarks show it slightly better than a PII 450, at 504 it is quite a bit faster. Let me know how it goes. Good Luck Dan