MSI KT4 Ultra (ms-6590) error's

Hi all,
recently purchased the KT4 ultra, no probs installing Windows XP or with the SP1....  installed Office XP Professional fine and all seemed well for over a week.  then the following....
1. Drives started to drop from DMA to PIO mode, uninstalled and re-detected the ide controller to get them back on DMA.
2. USBUHCI.SYS BSOD's when installing software.
3. I/O errors when installing from cd's / copying large files.
4. CRC errors when installing from cd's / copying from large files.
5. "Corrupt Media", "Corrupt Installation Files"  when installing cd's.
System Specs....
Antec AMD Approved PSU (350watt)
KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) (1.1 bios, not flashed)
Athlon XP 2200+
Coolermaster LLC-H61 Silent Heat Pipe HS/Fan
512Mb (2 x 256mb) Crucial PC2700 DDR (as recommended)
IBM GXP75 30Gb Deskstar
Software Specs...
Windows XP (patched with SP1)
VIA 4.43 4 in 1 (as off MSI CD)
USB Patch from MSI Website
1.10 filter patch off VIA site
I have posted on ViaArena as well and there are a more people there with the same or similar problems.
Regards
Rob

Hi gruberstuber,
It sounds horribly like you're IBM Deskstar may be living up to it's more threatening nickname of DeathStar. These HDDs have a pretty awful history for reliability and from the symptoms you describe, I would be feeling pretty nervous about continuing with it.
Do you have access to another known good HDD at all, preferably from Western Digital or Maxtor? If you do, it would be worth substituting your IBM for one of these and giving that a go. Might work wonders.
It's not as likely, but it's possible that your PSU is rated slightly to small for the Graphics Card you're using. The GF4 4600 is notoriously power hungry and it is possible that this could be drawing your main voltages down to below -5% of the nominal voltage, this can cause you all sorts of weird problems. As a guide, you can't really tell if a PSU is holding up OK under load conditions by checking the voltages when the system is unloaded, all PSU's will give you terrific voltages in that situation.
I would go up to at least a 400W good quality PSU from either Antec or Enermax to be absolutely sure that the GF4 4600 is being catered for.
All the best,
Dimal.

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