Ya, I was scared to flash the BIOS too, but like you said last ditch effort

Excellent:up: Glad you got it going:sunny:

When in doubt, flash yer BIOS. :rotfl:

Glad to hear you got it sorted. ;)

[quote=Peto][quote=Zayphod]I'm using an AMD P64 3200 with SP3 installed, haven't noticed anything like that yet.

you are one of the lucky ones. several people i've run into on FW and others i know in RL have had massive problems with there AMD system and SP3. if you don't have any problems don't jinx yourself. because as someone else stated the only way to fix it is to do a full format and wipe the system clean and reload everything.

Well, that's probably why I hadn't noticed any problems - my install was a full-format (took 2 hours, 500 gig HD) and clean install with XP, SP2 followed by download of SP3 and any other updates.

This might have been a recent problem as well. I had actually purchased the m/b and the CPU about a 1-1/2 years back, so that might have been a factor as well.