Question : Problem: Abit KG7 Raid & Nvidia Geforce2 MX 200 problem

I seem to be the only one "out there" that cannot get W2K Pro installed on my Abit KG7 Raid. There are a lot of fixes "after the fact", but right now I can't even get that far.

Perhaps my title is wrong, but is based on my assumption that there is a compatibility problem with these two mentioned pieces.

In a nutshell:
W2K Professional O/S
Abit KG7 Raid
256 DDR - one stick
30 Gig harddrive (partitioned NTFS 15-15)
Nvidia Geforce2 MX 200 - 64 SDRAM (AGP)
Toshiba 24x CD ROM

1] Board, CPU & memory "take" Win 98SE w/o problem as  tested in store.
2] Intel PIII 600 does textbook O/S install with mentioned video, drive, CD ROM. Even SP3 without a glitch. Rock stable.
3] Abit board with the same parts does not work.

ANY suggestions? I've tried the "disable UDMA" thing, changed from ACPI 1 to 3, enabled and disabled Raid, USB, etc. The only thing left is obtaining a PCI video card, or....???

Answer : Problem: Abit KG7 Raid & Nvidia Geforce2 MX 200 problem

Here's an obvious one for you.  I had an abit kt7a-raid:  2000 absolutely HATED my HDD on the on-board raid slot.  It would have a blue-screen after the first reboot after the files were copied over.  Once I updated my actual RAID controller firmware and the actual drivers for the firmware for W2K (making sure the raid controller bios and the drivers were the latest & were made for each other - be sure not to get conflicting drivers for that with regard to the firmware version), it worked.

Also update the actual board bios itself.

I would forget the UDMA, ACPI, USB, PCI, AGP & other stuff.  Ensure that your BIOS reflects the config to boot to your RAID device (Usually ATA100, or ATA133, etc. in the menu).  Also ensure that your NTFS partitions have one indicated as "active".  Some people forget that part as well.

Do you get a blue-screen?  If so, when?  Make SURE you put in the Highpoint drivers (Abit uses them, I believe) when it asks for SCSI devices, etc.  You have not indicated where the problem actually starts.  Clarify a little and we can go further.  I have some good experience with Abit.

I've made some assumptions here and I apologize if they are off with regard to where you're actually having the issue.

Good luck!

-Aaron