need help, somethings wrong! :(

ok... i have bought some new pieces for my computer, got them all installed, and... well... everything crashes every 5 seconds on anything! did i make a compatability problem? my hardware is..:

abit kt7a-raid motherboard
1ghz athlon t-bird processor
ati radeon w 64 mb on board ram
soundblaster live value
my old 20 gb hdd, not compatable with UDMA or whatsit (i think)
and 128mb pc100 ram (also from my older computer)
and whatever other miner peripherals/cards

like i said, it doesnt matter what i run, or do, it will crash very easily. i did a clean install 3 times in one day and still experience problems. im pretty much at a loss as to what i can do now. however, i do plan on getting a new HDD and some new ram..

on another note: what IS raid and what exactly is its purpose/use?

thanks.

hdd was formatted each time i attempted an install of windows. other peripherals include the usual, cd rom(generic), cd burner (HP plus 9100), floppy disks (erm, no clue), hdd (western digital), some pci 56k modem, and what not... i have 3 different cooling fans in my tower, a 'fopo5' for the processor (not what came with the processor, supposedly better and AMD approved) and some other fans draw in and blow out functions, 300 w power supply, & extra USB ports (not exactly a card, but considered pci i believe). even though i have a ghz processor, its underclocked to 750, but i dont care about that for now.

any other info required?

*might be interesting*

I also get some weird thing after installing the radeon drivers, the monitor acts as if it gets no signal from the video card. it may be it just needed restarting but every time i went into safe mode, opened the video properties (where you change resolution and color depth) and messed with the change driver thing, then canceled out anything i did in there (it asks for a restart no matter what i do) and blah blah... then in boot up all's well, for the video.

i have done some messing in the bios like that, i tried setting it for 'load fail safe defaults' and 'load optimized defaults' either setting yielded the same result... terrible stability. i have no clue what this CAS# memory you are talking about is... please explain.

I'm just curious if it crashes with just the Videocard in there? You should always try to get the PC running with just the bare minimum. Wait till you solve those problems before sticking sound, ethernet, modem, etc in there.

<font color=red>We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. - Eisenhower</font color=red>

I don't know so much about AMD but a 1000/266 should be needing faster memory then pc100 correct? Help me out you AMD guys.

yep that is what i was thinkin. Dude you <b>need</b> better memory. This is not optional. You are trying to run memory rated at only 100MHz at 133MHz it aint gonna work. I will have the same problem next time I upgrade cause my memory is pc100 and the new cpus need 133. If you can't afford memory trade your cpu to someone with one that runs at 100MHz FSB.

It Is aLl mE! The oNe anD only!

Have you checked if you PC Case is well vented?
The fans are all working ok?

You could have memory problems but you might as well have a heat problem!

Why should you learn from your mistakes?
Learn from other´s! It´s cheaper and less painfull! :-D

I see how it is....

<font color=red>We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. - Eisenhower</font color=red>

I am not an expert, but would be curious to know how one could boot the system, not to mention "do a clean install," if the memory was the problem.

I wonder...what is the speed of gravity?

Not really familiar with the A7V133 but it should be able to accept pc-100 memory even with a 133fsb chip. The problem, as I understand it (could be wrong), is if, in the bios, you try to run the pc-100 memory at 133.
<A HREF="http://ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/asus/mb/socka/kt133a/a7v133/a7v133-102.pdf" target="_new">http://ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/asus/mb/socka/kt133a/a7v133/a7v133-102.pdf</A> pgs. 60-61. But I agree that, at best it will not very well.
Like I said, could be wrong...

My brain has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by lamer_gamer on 06/25/01 02:51 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

That sucks ass! But I did say I could be wrong!
Edit: And my link above also sucks ass!!! It doesn't work, damnit!

My brain has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by lamer_gamer on 06/25/01 03:10 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Screw liberty, give me broadband or give me death!

before i had:

azza mainboard (not sure the exact model)
p2 450
128mb pc100 ram
ati rage pro/all in wonder (not exactly sure but it was a crumby card)
soundblaster awe64
same modem i use now, 3com 56k robotics voicefax modem
same hdd i use now, 20gb western digital
250 watt power supply
same cd, cd burner, and floppy drive

i think that was about it... one note though, something either burned up on the old mainboard or the processor, because it wont work at all.