Re: Odd EVGA NVTV / ECS K7S5A Issue - help

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It is an odd problem, and my current thoughts are it may be the
motherboard...otherwise I have no idea why adding that tuner in any PCI slot
would suddenly render your secondary IDE inoperative.

In addition, a few thoughts... 384Mb may not be enough - I think MS
recommends 512Mb. You don't say what processor you have or what speed.
Finally, the MX4000 may not cut it either - the approved hardware list has
the nVidia 5200 as a minimum.

Dana Cline - MVP

"Davep" <davidjp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1123138070.965977.244550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello, Thanks in advance for any wisdom or suggestions - I am sorry for
> such
> a long post.
>
> I own (2) K7S5A (Rev 3.1) based systems that have performed very well
> for a
> couple of years now, yes of course both boards had to be re-capped
> about 6
> months ago - but I have to say they have both been VERY stable.
>
> I decided it was time to see how I liked Windows XP Media Center
> Edition
> 2005, so here is what I did:
>
> I took my exisiting VERY STABLE "poor mans" Multimedia system running
> Windows XP Pro - and removed the TV Wonder VE card.
>
> Here is the system configuration.
>
> ECS K7S5A Revision 3.1 - Last Official BIOS (030811) Stable -
> (Re-capped),
> suing on board LAN.
> 384MB of Generic PC2100 RAM
> MSI/NVIDIA MX4000 128MB Graphics card.
> Seagate 40Gig 7200 RPM HD ST340016A (Primary - Master)
> Artec DHM-G48RC 16x DVD ROM (Secondary - Master)
> 1.44 Floppy drive
> Antec SL300S Power Supply.
> Creative Soundblaster Live 5.1 Sound Card.
>
> I installed Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, installed latest
> updates,
> latest MCE compatible video drivers, WInDVD 6 DVD Codec - Decoder. Ran
> the
> system for about 2 weeks, very stable.
>
> Purchase a brand new retail EVGA NVTV Single Tuner card.
>
> HERE IS THE PROBLEM :)
>
> With the NVTV installed in ANY PCI slot, the SECONDARY IDE controller
> won't
> detect any devices if the system is first powered on.
>
> I disabled just about everything in setup, both serial ports, the
> parallel
> port, the midi controller, one board sound had been disabled. Pulled
> the
> Sound Blaster - tried every slot - still would not detect the devices
> on the
> secondary IDE controller.
>
> Tried changing RAM settings to safe, tried the bus speed at 100 Mhz,
> still
> no luck. I disabled the 2nd IDE channel - moved the NVTV card to the
> secondary on the primary controller. Disabled the
>
> Installed the drivers for the NVTV card, the system locked up within 5
> minutes - even when not running Media Center - it will lock up in IE or
> even
> just idle. Almost everything has its own IRQ, the video card is on 11
> and
> the NVTV is 3 - moved the NVTV to other slots, still the PC locks up.
>
> I disabled the on board IDE and used a Promise PCI IDE controller -
> detects
> drives on both IDE channels as it should - system still locks up.
>
> IF I DISABLE THE NVTV CARD in Device manager - the system is stable.
>
> I removed the Promise card and put the drives back to hard drive as
> primary
> master, and DVD secondary master. I noticed that if I disabled the the
> NVTV
> card in device manager and rebooted - the motherboard would detect the
> DVD
> drive on the secondary IDE controller at POST!
>
> I updated more drivers, tried older drivers for the video card, tried
> almost
> every hacked K7S5A BIOS - the system still locks up!
>
> I don' recommend this for kids but if I boot the system and simply
> start
> explorer and the NVTV card is enabled - the system will lock is
> anywhere
> between 5 and 15 minutes - IF I PULL THE NVTV CARD OUT QUICKLY AND
> STRAIGHT - THE SYSTEM WILL NO LONGER BE LOCKED UP. I have only done
> this
> twice and realize its risky.
>
> This same issues happens with my another K7S5A (3.1) system also - does
>
> anyone have a K7S5A with this tuner - is this an issue between the NVTV
> and
> the SIS 735 chipset - I have seen issues with the NVTV and VIA
> chipsets?
>
> I have tried even more things than I can post here, I won't say I have
> "tried everything" because if I did - it would obiously be working.
>
> HELP - Dave
>


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