<x-charset iso-8859-1>> >It's an ASUS A7V 133 Motherboard, 900MHz Athlon (massive tower heatsink with > >2 cooling fans), BT Speedway ISDN internal modem, SMC EZ 1211TX 10/100 > >Network card, LG DVD, Liteon CD-RW, 2 x Fujitsu HDDs at 8 and 20Gb, and 1 x > >IBM-DTLA HDD (40Gb, 7200RPM). No audio, and usually an Adaptec 2944 or 2940 > >SCSI controller for whatever I'm currently writing a driver for - hence no > >SCSI disks, so that I can't prevent the OS from accessing its drive when I'm > >testing buggy code. The HDDS are in 5 inch carriers with external cooling > >fans fitted. The PSU is low-noise (approved for AMD CPUs), 350W. 768 Mb > >PC-133 SDRAM by a well-known brand which I forget (can't read them without > >shutting down and removing one). WinNT2000 with all SP and security fixes > >applied up to date. Oh, and the ATI AGP video which works fine at 1280 x > >1024 x 32bit :-) > > > >D. > > > >Dave Emmerson wrote: > >FWIW, I found dual-head Matrox cards to be totally incompatible with the > >rest of my custom system (no on-board video), repeatedly freezing it solid > >after an hour's use. I'd taken care to keep the area around the boards' > >cooling fans clear, and the inside of the case was cool. I eventually binned > >them in disgust and bought cheaper ATI cards which have been perfectly > >adequate. Your mileage may vary. D. The Matrox video cards run just fine with the A7V133 motherboards. I speak from the experience of twenty or thirty systems that are rock-solid reliable. There are other issues involved, perhaps with your other peripherals, PCI assignments, etc. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. </x-charset>