WinXP & VIA 686B Southbridge Problems

[lgsracer]

I recieved this from an AMD support engineer this morning:

There is a potential problem when WinXP is used on a system with a Via 686 revB southbridge with IOAPICs enabled. Additionally the problem is associated with captured video which is played back under Win XP manifesting itself as jerky video or dropped frames. It doesn't matter whether it is an AMD or an Intel system.

A registry patch has been identified to correct this and will eventually be
communicated through a KB article (being jointly developed by Microsoft and Via already).

We need to find out which customers will use mother boards which will meet the following requirements and make sure there is a plan to address this potential issue:

1) System running WinXP?
2) Via 686B silicon?
3) IOAPICs enabled?

If these three things ALL apply to your customers system then you have the problem.

Bugs always Bugs.

[Darren Wilson]

News to me but mine is 100% fine with captured video etc.

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[Sowulo]

New one on me too. Dual PIII 1GHz on VP6 (VIA) and Radeon All-in-Wonder tv tuner etc...

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