Hi Kevin

Have you tried joining this forum
http://forums.viaarena.com/

They solved my problem with VIA chipset on my FC motherboard
and a creative soundblaster audigy card.
For me it required turning off ACPI and Plug n Pray OS in the bios.
Doing a clean install of Win 2K Pro. Install VIA 4 in 1 drivers.
Updating other device drivers. Reinstall your programs. Restoring
data to the programs etc.  If you need more details let me know.
My unit has worked flaws for the past four months.

Good Luck
Richard F. Bolha

On 25 Apr 2002 at 15:41, Kevin Neal wrote:

> My problem started this morning when trying to install a Soundblaster
> Live Value PCI card on my ASUS A7V mobo with the VIA KT177a Chipset.
> As a newbie, I missed the warning of problems, at first. The set-up
> screen flashed by at the nearspeed of light, and despite my misgivings
> and lack of experience, - thought that the install CD might fix any
> problems.   Sadly not! - Windoze 98SE kept asking to reboot.
>

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