Gateway MSI-6330 board lock ups, HELP!

[DE]

Hi, I know some of you out there are running the Gateway MSI 6330 boards. I just got my Tbirg 750 (bcore) and am trying to install windows. The computer boots fine and all I have in it is a TNT2 and 265 of pc133. I am trying to install Windows before I put more hardware in but I keep getting lock ups during various stages of install. I tried win 98 se, win me. I tried 128 of pc100, no change. HELP! This is my first AMD system. Does anyone know what could be going wrong. I was going to try and update the bios but Gateway has this automatic update program that'll require me to install Windows first.
Which brings me to my second question, Can I use a MSI bios on this thing? The markings are MS-6330 v 2.0.

Thanks
Dylan

 

[ThrillSwitch]

I have a Gateway 1ghz and I know what you are going through. Here is a site that might help you out. http://www.gateway.com/support/techdocs/references/motherboard/index.shtml Try lowering voltage and multiplier to default.

 

[DaveB]

You can download BIOS upgrades from Gateway. You cannot use MSI BIOSes since they use Award while the Gateway versions use AMI. I bought one of those motherboards on eBay for $39 in a Dutch auction. I received a version 2.1 and had no problems at all setting up a T-Bird 800 system for my daughter.

If this is your mobo:

http://www.gateway.com/support/techdocs/references/motherboard/0aavw/index.shtml

Here are the BIOS upgrades:

http://www.gateway.com/support/product/drivers/bios/0aavw.shtml

 

[ivwshane]

Make sure you do a complete zero formatt and repartition before you install windows.

 

[DE]

ivwshane (Mar 24, 2001 01:43 p.m.):
Make sure you do a complete zero formatt and repartition before you install windows.

I put the newest bios on it. Complete formats. Nothing will work. I'm going to try to get them to send me another MB (bought of ebay). If I just change the mb to epox 8kta3 all works fine, but not with the gateway board. They neutered this bios compared to the MSI, too bad.

 

[diehrd]

gO TO THE hARD DRIVE WEB SITE for your primary drive.Down load the low level format utility.Use this to completly clean that drive up.

Then fdisk then format then install the O/S.

 

[DE]

diehrd (Mar 24, 2001 02:52 p.m.):
gO TO THE hARD DRIVE WEB SITE for your primary drive.Down load the low level format utility.Use this to completly clean that drive up.

Then fdisk then format then install the O/S.

If everything works fine hooked to the epox board how can you expect another format to fix the MSI? I have done several all zero formats, no luck.