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One other item you might try if the above does not work; disable 32-bit data transfer.

I just tried that but it didn't help. I believe that there's a problem with the electrical system on the MB. When I just powered up, the fans stopped spinning after about a second. I reseated the 4 pin power connector and was able to start the computer, but it would not boot into Windows. When I keep doing the 3 finger salute it will ultimately boot into windows. While in XP, I have been able to install a few aps, and while I was writing a TI image to a different partition, it stopped with a BSOD stating that it was stopping the computer in order to prevent damage to the computer.

I think it's time to see about an RMA. Asus says that there is a 3 year warranty on their MBs, and I hope they will honor this one as it didn't come in an original box from Computer Geeks.com, just a static protection envelope in a box wrapped with bubble wrap along with its drivers CD. Are there any other MBS beside the A8V-X that have an AGP video bus and support SATA?