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ok my system specs are as follows nothing left out.
3rd card with these symptoms, bout rdy to give up
Soyodragon k7v266 kt266 chipset
1.4 t-bird cpu
cmi onboard sound enabled irq11
promise raid controller disabled
volcano 6 cu hsf
256mb ddr ram
350watt ps
4x4x24 cdrw master
hitachi 2x dvd slave
wd 6.3gb hdd slave
fujitsu 6.2gb hdd master
vid card chaintech geforce2 ti irq10
floppy
lan disabled
latest 4 in 1 driver listed @ soyousa site and via site
latest nvidia driver from nvidia site
tried win 98|win98se|WINme same problem on all 3
tried turning on|off |fast write|post write
changed aperature 32|64|128|256
init agp first
intalled dx8.0-8.0a required

Problem descripion|detailed

computer freezes @boot up with latest drivers and aperature set to 32|64 mb
computer freezes 2 minutes running with aperature 128mb
computer freezes during an install prog of any software @ aperature 128|256mb
installshield type installer is used. tried this stuff with fast write on|off post write on|off
rebooted, tried other bios combos with fast write ant that other stuff. nothing. reset comp bios
installed stuff in safe mode then rebooted. application froze at startup
then i got pissed off and quit.

well thats about it if ive forgotten anything let me know.

Might be time to rma the mother board. I have a Dragon Plus and have been very happy but it does seem that Soyo has had some quality control issues with the Dragon and Dragon + boards. Have you ever had this mobo working stable or did the problems just start when you upgraded your video card?

the problems started with the video card/ was stable with a savage4 pci except on a couple games
note: i did a clean install of os every time vid cards were changed

if you really suspect your vid card..............

try a clean install of your OS with only your vid card installed and bios at default settings. (no other cards, just 1 hd, 1 cd/dvd drive, etc.)

me thinks that taking that revolver from my avatar pic and emptying the cylinder into the side of this comp would be fun.....