Desparate Reactor Question

I have a DELL XPS90 and everytime I plugged in the Reactor card I get a mmsound.drv error before windows finishes loading and it says I must reinstall windows! It crashed my registery. It seems to have something to do with the video driver for the Reactor. I finally got my old video board to work but lost some information in the process. Please help someone. P.S. Tech support said "BIOS UPGRADE". I have the latest verion (I'm almost positive (version A05)) and contacted MRBIOS but it won't work with my system. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit The Ultimate Grand Prix II Links Page [link lost in import] THE ORIGINAL --- ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I would check your PCI / IRQ / BIOS settings. Sounds to me like the Reactor is grabbing what it thinks is a free IRQ, but sounds like that IRQ is in use by the soundcard. Just a guess though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This space intentionally left blank

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> >I have a DELL XPS90 and everytime I plugged in the Reactor card I get a > >mmsound.drv error before windows finishes loading and it says I must > >reinstall windows! It crashed my registery. It seems to have something to > >do with the video driver for the Reactor. I finally got my old video > >board to work but lost some information in the process. Please help > >someone. > I would check your PCI / IRQ / BIOS settings. Sounds to me like the > Reactor is grabbing what it thinks is a free IRQ, but sounds like that > IRQ is in use by the soundcard. > Just a guess though.

The reactor is locking up in a lot of systems. The BIOS tech support was talking about is a file you can download from their site. It will upgrade the BIOS on the reactor. It could solve your problem. contact tech support. They are great.

Yes, they are locking up a lot of systems, and yes their tech support is great. But beware of _ANY_ 'BETA' BIOS. When I flashed the BIOS, I had to re-install my old video card in order to get a copy of the ORIGINAL BIOS via email so I could reset the Reactor. Some systems may not like the new BIOS, so it would be a good idea to have the original handy in case this happens to you. And some of the older ( in my case just a year old ) monitors do not like this card. Mine would not sync at anything over 800X600, and I use 1280x1024. So I ended up getting another monitor just to use the card. Use the new BIOS, and new drivers, but keep the old working ones handy. Robert

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> > The reactor is locking up in a lot of systems. The BIOS tech support was > > talking about is a file you can download from their site. It will > > upgrade the BIOS on the reactor. It could solve your problem. contact > > tech support. They are great. > Yes, they are locking up a lot of systems, and yes their tech support is > great. > But beware of _ANY_ 'BETA' BIOS. When I flashed the BIOS, I had to > re-install my old video card in order to get a copy of the ORIGINAL BIOS > via email so I could reset the Reactor. Some systems may not like the new > BIOS, so it would be a good idea to have the original handy in case this > happens to you. And some of the older ( in my case just a year old ) > monitors do not like this card. Mine would not sync at anything over > 800X600, and I use 1280x1024. So I ended up getting another monitor just > to use the card. > Use the new BIOS, and new drivers, but keep the old working ones handy. > Robert

Well that's a great idea. The bios upgrade killed my board completelty. Or so I thought. Even when cold booting, I had no video signal whatsoever. Just a blank screen. I talked to tech support. They didn't suggest e-mailing the old bios file, but to return the board. I hope the new one works fine. These problems are really annoying, to the point of making that board hardly usable over a period of time. Guy Brosseau