KT7A-RAID and W2K Blues!

[Colin]

My KT7s are playing the blues. I have been through three KT7A-Rs. Two died mysteriously (volt mod stresses?) and one died because I snagged a volt mod wire and pulled a leg off the HIP 6301 before I tied the wire down to the board. What really bugs me though, is I have been through EIGHT of them to get three good ones. I sent one back to New Egg today. I also drove 70 miles to Fresno and the board at the local store failed. The problem is “inaccessible boot drive” when running W2K off the RAID controller. Five out of eight boards won’t boot from a RAID array or a single drive with W2K on the RAID controller. The RAID array and single W2K drive works fine on my original KT7-R. The techs at ABIT have acknowledged the problem exists and there is no cure other than trying another board. I have two more boards to check out 60 miles away in Bakersfield on Sunday. I will show up at the store with several HDs, a PSU, CPU, HSF, RAM, keyboard and a mouse to test the boards (I will use their monitor). I don’t have much confidence at this point. Is anyone else having this much trouble with KT7A-Rs and W2K or is it just me? Should I tell Abit to go have perverted sex with themselves or what? Sorry to trouble all of you with this but some intelligent feedback would be appreciated.

 

[Tomas]

why not buy another mobo other than abit instead??? After my experiences abit SUCKS...... I have had so much trouble with they`r kt7/a boards.

Buy something decent like asus

 

[Hummer]

Try update bios to 3R and head over to www.viahardware.com

 

[Colin]

Thanks for the replies.

3R may require rebuilding the RAID array. Abit's tech guys say this is a problem with their boards, not the BIOS.

As far as Abit goes, when the boards work, they are fantastic. Asus uses two phase power for the CPU and I doubt it will hold up at the voltage and speeds I am running.

 

[therapture]

Thanks for the replies.

3R may require rebuilding the RAID array. Abit's tech guys say this is a problem with their boards, not the BIOS.

As far as Abit goes, when the boards work, they are fantastic. Asus uses two phase power for the CPU and I doubt it will hold up at the voltage and speeds I am running.

I had the same crap problem with mine, so I purchased an Iwill KK266-R, and never looked back! If Abit can't build a consistent mobo, I won't buy them...'nuff said.