Xilinx issues
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Manchester, UK Icrontian
Long shot but here goes...
I built up 2 custom nForce2 rigs at work, for the purpose of code crunching with National Instruments "code composer". A job they do with great esteem. However...
Installing an FPGA tool called "xilinx" causes the normally stable 8RGA+ systems to crash with no return. Install, reboot and I receieve a "xmode exception" BSOD. Windows 2K (SP3 + SP4 respectively) being the OS of corporate choice.
On the KT400 systems, this error does not appear. Xilinx installs without a hitch.
I've checked with xilinx and they claim it is NOT their software. I have had no issue with any other machine running this EXCEPT the nForce2 systems. It nuked my NF7-S desktop @ work, just the same. That is running Windows XP SP1.
What driver does anyone here think might be the cause? I've tried non-service pack and patched systems. No avail. Installing the nVidia drivers causes the machines to go south. No second chance. Also, even more disturbingly.. a full reinstall is the only fix and Windows MUST full format the partitions. Formatting with partition magic does not work. At install, the drives are an "unknown or corrupt" file system.
Help?
I built up 2 custom nForce2 rigs at work, for the purpose of code crunching with National Instruments "code composer". A job they do with great esteem. However...
Installing an FPGA tool called "xilinx" causes the normally stable 8RGA+ systems to crash with no return. Install, reboot and I receieve a "xmode exception" BSOD. Windows 2K (SP3 + SP4 respectively) being the OS of corporate choice.
On the KT400 systems, this error does not appear. Xilinx installs without a hitch.
I've checked with xilinx and they claim it is NOT their software. I have had no issue with any other machine running this EXCEPT the nForce2 systems. It nuked my NF7-S desktop @ work, just the same. That is running Windows XP SP1.
What driver does anyone here think might be the cause? I've tried non-service pack and patched systems. No avail. Installing the nVidia drivers causes the machines to go south. No second chance. Also, even more disturbingly.. a full reinstall is the only fix and Windows MUST full format the partitions. Formatting with partition magic does not work. At install, the drives are an "unknown or corrupt" file system.
Help?
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Once it has finished the install, it requires a reboot. It's then that the machine dies. BSOD.
This doesn't happen on the VIA KT333/400 boards here though, only on the nForce2 chipsets.
BH. You could be right. What if it's the buggy IDE driver?!