20 Oct
2000
20 Oct
'00
12:54 a.m.
I had the same problem on my servers, killed the audio
in the bios
and it persisted. The 4mb Trident AGP video driver was bad news.
I used to like Trident, but I consider them foul now, and have
exorcised them from almost every machine that had them.
The audio and video drivers in NT4 live in ring zero
(low protection)
to make the gamers happy. NT3.51 didn't do this and was far less
prone. Better video and audio drivers often solve the problem.
MS has implemented something they call the MHQL for testing
drivers (if submitted) for Windows 2000; this contributes
greatly to its stability. I haven't seen a BSOD yet, although
I had to remove NAI VirusScan, as it caused spontaneous reboots
upon logon.
My solution is keep the games, audio and high end
video off the
NT box I want it robust. Put those things on a W9x crate and
play there.
Again, you really ought to try getting a copy of Win2k, at least
for your workstation, so you can evaluate it. I think you'll be
surprised and pleased.
-dq