NT is indeed <more particular > about hardware because NT does not allow software to directly access hardware. This explains why many games won't run on NT.....games often provide their own internal drivers. This is a unacceptable security risk for NT. There is a NT hardware compatibility list but you will not find any new cutting edge hardware on it.....like your board or CPU. Hardware has to be seasoned and tested for a while before it make it to the list. NT does not like new and improved. I can not speak to AMD and NT but I would be surprised if that was your problem. I am running a NT Server SP4 with a Cyrix 686L 200 on a FIC PA 2007 revision 1.1 board with no problems. This server is also using a Matrox Mystique with the latest NT divers. Some times NT just doesn't like your hardware and no amount of tweaking will change that. I once attempted a Workstation install on a PC that just would not accept it . Sorry I can't offer more help but now you know it is not your motherboard or your video card per se. I suggest you start over again and this time let NT format and check your hard drive so you are positive that it likes it's new home.....at least at the beginning. This months PC Computing compares NT to Win 9x with PC smart real world users and concludes that for the vast majority of users and small businesses Win9x is the way to go. PC Computing found that 9x was faster, required far less resources, was much easier to configure and much easier to troubleshoot. NT is great if you have a lot of hardware resources, are operating in a network environment where security is a big issue and you are running native 32 bit apps. I recommend reading this article if you are considering switching to NT. Microsoft announced today that they are changing the name of NT5......it will be known as Windows 2000 and there will be four versions Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server m >I'm new to using 'NT' (been using 9X for quite a while) & have heard >it's more particular about 'hardware' than 9X. >I'm using an FIC-PA2007 m/b with an AMD-K6 300 (not 3D) CPU & a Matrox >millenium video card., & I had problems installing NT workstation). >After several attempts (after re-boot it kept reporting problems with >file 'ati.sys' - strange as I don't have an ATI card) I suceeded by >selecting the 640*480 option (NOT auto detect) for install. >I have since installed 'SP4' & now some s/w will not install >(Office'97-OK, Outlook'98-OK, BUT IE4-NOT & Adaptec CDR s/w-NOT) - I >tried downloading the latest drivers from 'Matrox' & noticed the >warning that their NT drivers only work with intel processors - I took >this to mean 'NON ALPHA etc.' - but on trying to install the driver, >it fails.... > >Could my problems be due to my NON-Intel CPU ? ----- PCBUILD mailing list - http://nospin.com Bob Wright:[log in to unmask] - Drew Dunn:[log in to unmask]