KT3 Ultra & Win XP Shutdown command

My new KT3 Ultra board works great in Win XP Home with one problem. When I shutdown the computer using the XP interface the system shutsdown and restarts automatically instead of powering off the system like it should.
Also is there any way to put the system to sleep? There are no connections on the MB for the sleep switch on the case.
Configuration
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHZ
PNY TI4400 video
300 Generic PSW
256 Cruical 2100 DDR
Onboard sound
Realtek 10/100 Network card
Firewire card

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Originally posted by kt3_owner
My new KT3 Ultra board works great in Win XP Home with one problem. When I shutdown the computer using the XP interface the system shutsdown and restarts automatically instead of powering off the system like it should.
Also is there any way to put the system to sleep? There are no connections on the MB for the sleep switch on the case.
Configuration
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHZ
PNY TI4400 video
300 Generic PSW
256 Cruical 2100 DDR
Onboard sound
Realtek 10/100 Network card
Firewire card
Hi again
did you check your bios (Power mamanagement features? with ipca enabled and chance the system driver to ACPI - i tryed both but it did´nt work for me,
but you have a 300w psu so maybe
Regards
Flemming

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I wonder if anyone can help...
My computer specs are here:
KT3 Ultra-ARU
XP 2000+ (not over clocked)
256MB DDR Ram
IDE0 - HDD1 Maxtor 40gb
IDE0 - HDD2 Maxtor 20gb
IDE1 - CD
IDE1 - CDRW
GeForce 256 (AGP)
SBLive!
Linksys Netgear 10/100 Mbps Network Card
56K modem.
I recently installed the above processor, board and RAM. All works fine in the BIOS and looks ok. Linux on the HDD2 boots fine and works without any problems.
However my Win XP installation wouldn't boot. No problem I thought, same as all windows problems - reinstall - after transfering anything important to the linux partition. Now when I try to reinstall Win XP everything looks ok up untill the final stages (entered product key, configured networking, just before it restarts for windows to run properly the first time) when a 'blue screen of death' appears informaing me that my system has been halted in order to protect itt. Some meaningless (to me) memory addresses are displayed. The message says to try again, run chkdsk, remove any newly installed hardware (obviously tricky...).
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Originally posted by ChrisColeman
Right,
I can't do the mem test because I can't get the FDD to work.
When it is all plugged in (my power cable wont do the CD drive and the FDD at the same time till I rearange it all) and I boot the computer the FDD light comes on and then stays on permenantly, linux cant mount and generally seems broken...
Could this signify deeper problms with the MB? possibly a reason XP wont install?
Would the poor PSU really cause windows to be unable to install? It looks fine till the final stages when it is preparing to start windows for the first time.
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Originally posted by vincent1288
yeah, I'm having the same problem with my 3 AMD XP 2000+ KT3 system. There is no way to solve this problem. Tryed Bios update , Tryed 3 different System with different component, none of the three system turn off and follow with 3 beep.
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Hi all..
Hope someone can help.
I have a KT3 Ultra 2R board with the following stats:
Athlon XP (Barton) 3000+ FSB 166 CPU
CoolerMaster HHC-001 heatpipe H/sink with 80mm fan
Antec 520W PSU
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Hello !
I am a lucky owner of MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU motherboard but have one problem. My power supply Fortron (FSP Group) 300-GT 300W seems to have some kind of incompatibility with this motherboard. In my case, the computer can't be shutted down by software. With BIOS version 2.5 it was impossible to shut it down with button too. With 2.6 it is possible to turn the computer off by button but software shutdown still don't work. PSU is working on ALL other boards I have tested so far normally. Somewhere in discussions (not in this forums) I discovered that also some kind of weird sounds occurs with Fortron supply on this board and that it is incompatible. Have anyone some clues to solve this PSU problem ? I am not able momentally to buy some other kind of PSU because Fortron is the only brand from higher category to obtain, so I would be like to solve this.....
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My KT3 Ultra Experience (from the nightmare to a running well system)

Well First...
I don't speak a well english, maybe because still think in spanish, so maybe find many gramatical errors.
the very very begin
The history begins with a terrible electric shock in my house, i got a Athlon XP 1700+ with a cheap PC Chips Board (810)..yeah the all in one board (video, modem, ethernet, sound) build my first system with a mixture of expectatives and dreams with my first AMD athlon XP , the system running well, before got the "great idea" to plug a Zoltrix Genie TV card for record South Park, everything is OK, so, i think that i abuse the luck, and a rainy night, i surf the net ( a XXX one... ATK... never forget that site after this) a electric shock enter trought the tv cable searching ground, someone that got this experience maybe feels a demon in a box, a white light come out from the back of the system and hit the isolated regulator ( with the sparks and all the stuff ) the light goes out and a tasty barbecue smell fill completly the room.
ohhh...
the list of cooking components:
   Athlon XP 1700+
   PC Chips 810 (a/v/r/s)
   Maxtor HDD 40GB
   Zoltrix Genie TV
   Mouse (generic)
   Keyboard (generic)
   Microsoft sidewinder gamepad
The miracle pieces:
   256MB DIMM sticks from crucial (PC 100) two of them
   External CD Burner HP CD-Writer 8230e (USB)
   Philips Monitor 17'
i learn to never watch a porno site in a rainy night... it's really bad for your system
build another system "da plan!"
in a trip to Bogotá i search in the computer mall called UNILAGO, the new system board, someone callit MOBO, my idea are this:
A Boxed Board. Candidates like ASUS , Gygabyte, MSI, with the VIA 333 chip are required.
we search in all the place, asus show its A7V333 model, but its too expensive in the price that this guy offered (maybe think that i don't search the pricewatch.com page before go to the mall... je je) in a place some guy show me a very nice box... i think the first impression counts, its the kt3 ultra board in her shiny box, next tactic ask for minimun price (...no minimun price got this board...) so i pay 360 thousand pesos for it.
wen come back to Cali ( the place i live) and after got some pesos in my bag i go to the computer mall in Cali called La passarella (remember the argentinian soccer player?) for buy the components.....
the list is this:
   Athlon XP 1800+ BOXED (got the original AMD heatsink)
   DDR RAM PC2100 256 MB
   Genius Netscroll Optic
   Genius Keyboard
   CD-Rom LG 52 X
   Case with a 300W ATX Power Supply
   Realtek Ethernet Card (Encore)
   AGP Video card with the SIS chip 315 128MB of ram
   Genius Maxfire USB (i buyit for the cheap price and anyway i don't play too much in a computer so i dont need a Nvidia Ti thing or a gamepad expensive)
wen go to the house, plug all the stuff and the process it's fine, no complicate things occur, i do two modifications first
1)to the AMD heatsink, the clip come in the other side, so i need to unplug the Power ATX supply for attach it and don't want to do the same thing every time that retire the heatsink, i disarm the heatsink and turn the clip to the other side, no problems with this mod...
2)i don't use floppy disks... I HATE IT so the place of the floppy converts in the place for the D-Bracket with all the lights and two USB... nice because i perfored the case in the right way and the usb and the lights come in the front of the case...it's a easy mod...
all the things come well so turn it ON...
KT3 Ultra first Round!
well i don' pay much attention in the first time that power on the system and hit the del key.... nothing happens and a letters of searching array and scanning devices show... after this process the amibios screen shows (the blue one, and still today don't find the option for change the color scheme like te PC Chips amibios options got) in this point i know that the rule "search the instruction booklet" it's totally necessary for many options the options that i disable and some that enable are this:
    in integrated peripherals disable the ata raid option (remember the scan devices screen?) i plug a maxtor ATA 100 hard drive to the ide cable because don't know if this hard disk works with the Raid Option maybe not because is ata 100.. so disable the option
    in power management options i activate the CPU critical temperature to 70°C
    in advanced bios settings i enable the MSI link to the future screen... nice, SMART for HDD enable. In the boot secuence put first CD-rom and later HDD
    in standard CMOS settings put the hour...(uh!), and obvious disable the nasty floppy drive (BOOT CDS REPLACE THE NEED OF FLOPPY DRIVES...)
    in PC health disable the intrussion option, because i don't have the switch for the case...
    in frecuency and voltage i find the FSB in 100Mhz but i don't change anything in this point...
after this tiny modification, i save the changes and restart....
the system boot with a CD he he... with a image of the win98 boot disk, so i formated and fdisk the drive... tooooo fast in this point.
after partition the HDD in 5 pieces and formating every partition, i reboot the computer for installing Win98...
the installation goes normal, and install all the MSI software (only for know what apps are appreciable por me) i don't have any problems, install all the drivers for every single hardware piece and the system works well... so testing es the next point.
KT3 Ultra first test after the installation
well i feel that my job are easyly...(ji ji) and all the process go OK so testing my new machine gotme like a child.
i run the test of SiS for the AGP card ( 3D thrill ) the demo of the card got a cosmic scene, comes very fast, i try to watch if someone piloting the space ship, and maybe see something
the sound are good for the include sound chip in the board, put and test all the effects and test...ok ok... nice.
microsoft direct X got some testings so i run it too ... write in run command "dxdiag" and ready for the tests, in this point i feel free to install a copy of "formula 1 2002" in the machine some guy borrowme a copy, wen i try to install got a n error.... (the first one) and the game don't install ... i reject the installation and try another game, in this point i search the Athlon XP Oem.bmp file for branding my new system... je je, and hit the window key and pause and i find that my processor runs in 1.1 Mhz... (what!!!) if this CPU is a 1800 and this speed maybe is wrong....so i read the boocklet and find in the FSB option the way for put the CPU in his real Mhz...(1.53) in this point begins the troubles...
KT3 Ultra damage my CPU??????!!!!!
Wen enter to the bios i got direct for the FSB option and put it to 133Mhz maybe this thing it's easyly too, i think, i made and save the changes... and.....
A BLACK SCREEN COMES AND I SEE THE FOUR LEDS IN RED!!!!
AHHHH!, i thinks that this processor pases to a better life after this point, with shaking hands read again the boocklet and find the interpretation for the 4 red leds signal, damage or bad installed processor.
oh, so what i do...?
i continue reading for a little FAQ in the boocklet, and nothing, only a glossary, i call a friend to helpme... ( the true geek one) the guy tell me to reset the bios with the jumper... so, i don't loose anything with this and do it...
wen the computer reboots the signals come to life... (ufff!) and the scanning device creen shows again... so i need to save again my settings.
i do all the things and save, the system turns on and windows 98 load normal again... i try to fix the FSB thing in other time i think, and continue intalling some programs.
In my CDs find a copy of formula 1 2001 no de 2002 version, because this version i installed in my other fried system i installed in mine for show and prove the 3d card...
the installation works fine and terminate ok, wen i hit the icon to play, the 3d settings window appears i select some options 800x600 32bit color and press test, a blank screen comes with some little caracters, in some point wen the test come back my system frozes and nothing happens... OHHHHHHH! what happens?.... i think, i decided to check the temperature values because in this point think that my installation fails in the put heatsink process.
i load PC alert and find CPU temperature in 78°C... oh, it's too high i think so shutdown the system and check the heatsink for anything that miss in the first time.
i put again the heatsink an log to the bios for check the values....
this is the values of PChealth option in bios:
   Cpu temp : 71°C and stable in this value...it's high too
   System Temp : 38°C ...high too
   VCore      1.744V
   +5.0V       5.038V
   +12V      11.923V
   -12V      -11.497
   -5V         -5.026V
   Batt      3.24V
   +5VSB      4.969
some ideas come to my mind and try to think if some options of the bios, the best performance option it's a good point to start i think so i select and save the changes...
oh, oh, the black screen comes again.... buuuuuu! and the four red leds too....buuuu!
mmmm, ....what i do?, what i do?....i reset again the bios, for the options and try to boot the machine again... maybe leave the system in the first point i think but nothing prepare me for the many "chorro" of errors thath follow after this point....
If i can roll back the time....
i think to be superman and fly in a oposite earth direction for roll back the time... (luisa!)
the system begins a non stop errors secuence sometimes the four leds are red, sometimes tree leds red an the top right led green, in the book says this signal is for damage DDR ram...
wen windows 98 loads the system frozes in some points, and wen enter and run some test the system frozes too...
i reset the bios to the original form an try to leave the house excactly wen enter the first time... i save it and the errors continues...
with NO hope of correct by myself the issues i turn on my old K6II system and find the MSI forum that got some mysql errors
in the forum find the Power unit suplly issues, i got the ATX box and 300W maybe it's too low i think after MANY post with same errors like me, i think to made a program plan for recover the stability and my ideas come in the next point.
now need another message to continue....

Return the system to the "normal" or less stability
In the forum (thanks for the people thath participate) some people says issues of frozen systems because cheap ATX power supply, some other got problems with the heatsink, i think that a mixture of those issues gotme like mad and try to figure out the quality of a atx power supply that changes the performance after a bios setup... ( it's a very cheap ATX power supply, i think) the Power unit now don't support the energy, and power needs of the system in some cases wen i run the 3d accelerated test the system frozes wen i hit "test".
return today to the computer mall passarella, and buy this items:
   Vulcano 7 (it's a building no, it's a airplane no,... it's vulcano 7 with speed sensor incorporated, much bigger than a building and more CFM than any airplane make!)
   ATX power supply 400W for kicks power requeriments and maybe extract energy enough for a reading lamp...
   wen come back to the house i install the new parts, the vulcano 7 needs the same mod than the other AMD one, or maybe MSI put the sockect A protect clip layer in the wrong site, maybe the board fit well in a ATX-XL case for no uninstall the power unit to put the heatsink... anyway need to uninstallit but this issue it's funny.
wen everiting it's ok i turn on the system...
KT3 Ultra Runs smooth... FINALLY
i know thath every body needs to listen a couple of help tips, in this point i think that logged to the forum are the best idea that i got, many people got the same problems and if you don't ask or search you think thath the MSI board it's a terrible board, and this no true, and because it's red too.
the system loads normal and i think to go up the FSB to the NORMAL 133 value for this athlon XP 1800+ i change the values, save and reboot the first thing that i find are the bios recognize the Amd Athlon XP 1800+ in the first black screen ( wen disables da logo) later, web hit windows key+ pause the window says Athlon XP 1800+, in the fuzzy logic app i find the values of 1523 Mhz and the temperature don't rises 50°C it's now OK, better than the cooking eggs thing that got before the changes.
now i need to give some thanks..
Thanks
to all the people in the forum, i don't write a nice english but i know read and it's enough for take a easy living style with this machines...
MSI people thanks
for the people in the mall, they don't know much the Power unit issues of this board it's a bit more exigent than others in his point.
to my dog that share my angry in the late night, it's a good one that dont' sleep well wen i work in the night..
so to all the people thanks for made this posible, maybe this long post with less technical things works for put your boards well.
Victor Hugo Hernández
Cali - Colombia

[VIA] KT3 ULTRA - XP shutsdown properly but PC keeps running

Has anyone ever heard of this problem? Whenever I shutdown Windows XP with 'Turn Off Computer' option, the system shuts down properly and the screen goes blank - HOWEVER, the PC keeps running and produces 3 short beeps over and over. I then have to turn off the power switch on the POWER SUPPLY in order to shut it down.
When I switch the power supply back on, I can then reboot normally.
KT3 Ultra
AMD XP 1900
not sure of my chipset - this was a barebones non-branded system
Thanks!

I never got around to removing the mobo and all that. Instead, I've finally got it to quit restarting after reading the info listed on the following site: http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php
"Disabling the “restart on system failure” feature may permit the exact cause to be isolated: Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, click the Advanced tab. Under “Startup & Recovery,” click Settings. Under “System Failure,” uncheck the box in front of “Automatically restart.”
By now, the Roxio/Adeptec Easy CD / Direct CD software is well documented as being the major cause of this undesirable shutdown behavior. SOLUTION: Roxio has released new drivers (here) to solve this problem in both the Platinum and Basic editions of Easy CD Creator 5. As expected, at least half of the Win XP shutdown problems went away with the release of these patches."
I have Easy CD software on this box so this just may be the cause of my problem. I'm going to uninstall it and set the "restart on system failure" feature back to original setting to see if this truly resolves my problem.
Athlon XP 1900+
KT3-Ultra (MS-6380E) Mobo
AMI BIOS 5.70
512 MB RAM (PC-2700 SDRAM, 2x256MB, 333MHz) 2 different generic brands
Radeon 7500 64MB DDR AGP
80 GB 7200RPM Hitachi Desktar 120GXP
3 case fans, 1 Thermaltake processor fan
10/100 NIC
Sony DVD R/RW Model DRU-510A
Sony CD-RW Model CRX225E
Codegen 350W +3.3V 20A, +5V 30A, +12V 12A, +5VSB 2A, -5V 0.5A, -12V 0.8A
XP SE2

KT3 Ultra 2 - Bios V5.7 - Problem

Hello,
I don't know if anyone else has tried updating the KT3 Ultra 2 to the new V5.7 BIOS ?
I tried and got load of error messages on the screen, Chipset isn't support etc ROM Size Unknown ....
I have V5.6 on right now.
I have tried Live Update, it doesn't show new bios and also tried another floppy with files on and also downloaded the file again.
No win !

I did not have that particular problem but I found others
I was able to load new 5.7 bios but after I did it took board about 2 minutes to boot.
The part where the XP logo screen is supposed to come up took about 2 minutes. There is no HD (light) activity and then all of a sudden you hear harddrive and XP logo screen comes up and it boots fine.
The same situation arose with Bios 5.6 but I was able to fix that by changing MPS table from Default 1.4 to 1.1. The XP screen would take about 2 minutes to boot so I tried changing settings in bios and finally came to the MPS entry and changed it to 1.1 and the board booted fine. It took about 3-5 sec for the XP logo scrreen to pop up after the last bios screen that would show all the Devices, IRQ's ect...
Changing the MPS to 1.1 in the 5.7 bios did not fix the long boot problem like it did in 5.6.
I can live with the 5.6 bios but the CPU halt command in the 5.7 bios drops temps about 20 degrees F and that is great. I hope this problem can be fixed in 5.7 so I can utilize the CPU Halt command.
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Kt3 ultra reboots when 1gb ddr memory is installed

My kt3 ultra mb reboots when more than 1gb ddr pc2100 samsung memory is installed. boots through when 1 512mb ddr is installed or 1 - 512mb ddr - 1 - 256 mb ddr - I want to put all (3) 512mb ddr for a total of 1.5GB but always reboots. Im running 98se o/s. I even tried win2000 and also xp home?? Any suggestions. ?? Please help??

WIN 9X will recognize more than 512 MB ram but doesnt know what to do with it.XP or 2000 should run any amount your board can take. I seem to remember from a forum, either here or AMDMB.com or HardOCP that with this board you should do 2 sticks in the first and 3rd slot. I also seem to remember that this board was one of the few that Anand at Anandtech reviewed that ran ok with all 3 slots filled with memory.I can run my Samsung PC 2700 at cas 2 fast settings with 1T command disabled all day long.With 1T enabled it's reboot city.Double check your settings with the setup sticky at the beginning of this forum.Maybe try other memory? Good luck

KT3 Ultra-ARU battle

Hello!
I have a Pentagram Dark 56I modem (Lucent win modem) installed on MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU. Everything is working now except my modem witch does not connect to the internet (only one out of fifty connections is successful). I haven’t got any idea what is wrong and what settings in bios are responsible for the work of internal PCI modem with MSI motherboard. The modem is 100% efficient (it worked fine during 13 months, latest driver, proper settings, checked on another computers), telephone line too. I tried all bioses 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, all PCI slots, Windows 98, 98se, Me, 2000, XP pro, PCI latency patch, another mouse and keyboard. Now I am going to suicide ;( . Do you have any idea what else can be wrong (I disconnect every peripheries): broken motherboard, memory (1x256 DDR PC2100, checked in all slots) or my Athlon XP 1800+? ?(
Help me please!
MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU
Athlon XP 1800+ (TITAN cooler)
1x256 DDR PC2100
Leadtek Winfast 200TH
Maxtor 40GB ATA 133
Lucent Win Modem
TV card
Codegen 6016 300W PSU
LG DVD x16/48
CDRW LiteOn 48/12/48

Hi,
Disable the COM ports (If not using them) then try another modem.
Lee

MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU + All In Wonder Problem

I've got a odd problem that is related to putting my machine into Standby. If I do so the night before, then wake the system up in the morning I see issues that point to memory corruption or driver failure or a conflict with the VIA chipset. Outlook Express will lock up on launch, the ATI digital VCR app will either not launch or fail to shutdown if it does. I clean installed Windows XP, then updated it with XP SP1. Of note is that the video card works ok with the OS supplied driver but if you install the ATI drivers (which are needed to make the TV and Digital VCR work) this stuff happens. I have reinstalled several times so I am pretty sure this isn't just a messy config issue. I've had bad experiences similar to this with VIA chipset mobos in the past so this doesn't surprise me.
Anyone ever see this? Know of a fix?
-- Richard
Mobo: KT3 Ultra-ARU MS-6380E
CPU: Athlon XP 1800+
Video: All In Wonder Radeon
RAM: 512MB Samsung PC2100
HD: Seagate 80GB Barracuda IV
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
BIOS Version/Date: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version: 2.3

I don't know if this will help or not but....
I had issues with the latest drivers from ATI. I downloaded the tv capture drivers, display drivers, etc. in the 7.7 bundle. I went back to the 7.6 bundle and have had zero problems since.

MSI KT3 Ultra ARU and S2K Bus Disconnect

Hello
I have a MSI KT3 Ultra ARU and a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (266 FSB version). I wonder if I have support for termal diode in both CPU and mainboard.
Is S2K Bus Disconnect and CPU HALT Command detection the same thing?

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KT3 ultra's I believe were the first boards capable of reading thermal diode inside of AMD XP (Palamino/T-bred/barton, etc) and higher cores.
Not the first, but they were up there as being among the first. A few KT266 boards implemented the circuitry to read thermal diode. Second or third revision boards, or new models, based on KT266A and even KM266 began implementing the thermal diode circuitry.
KT3 Ultra has thermal diode read circuit:
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MSI™ KT3 Ultra...can support AMD Athlon™ XP 2000+ processors, AMD Athlon™ and Duron™ plus it latest technology feature - Thermal Diode Circuit.
- MSI Press Release

New MSI KT3 Ultra 2 Raid Board Install

Hi All
I have Just installed a new KT3 Ultra 2 Raid board and XP 2000+ CPU with 512MB Memory.
Problem is that since I installed this new Board CPU and memory my PC has been playing up a little, Mainly Adobe Premier 6.5 . The audio that I capture will not playback off the time line, but I can hear audio from the timeline on stuff I have downloaded from the web. Also Get weird message boxes pop saying that PC Alert or Fuzzy Logic are already loaded (buggered if I can find Fuzzy logic).
ALso CPU XP2000+ what is the operating speed of this Chip? I thought it was 1.6ghz, on boot up my PC claims it is running at only 1.2ghz.
Am I wright in saying that I need to totally reinstall everything fro scratch including win XP?
(sorry just put new board etc in on old install, slap wrist)
CHeers
Gary

Hi tazman,
It's not quite obvious from your explanation, but did you just install your new mobo, CPU and RAM without reformatting your Hard Drives and reinstalling the o/s?
If so, this is a big no-no. This can cause all sorts of headaches for you and you are lucky that your computer is able to run at all. First things first, backup all of your important data files, then reformat your entire hard drive(s) from scratch, ie fdisk to get rid of all partitions, re-establish your partitions, then format away.
Once this is done, you can reinstall your o/s, your updates, drivers and applications, etc. Not a particularly invigorating job but necessary I'm afraid. It all comes back to the UPnP activities where the o/s and your hardware become very much intertwined. All the best and have fun, :D
All the best,
Dimal.

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