ABIT w/kt133 and Sound Card issues

[CyBOrz PaCe]

Does anybody know what sound card will work on an ABIT KA7 or KT7A. The KA7 has a via kx133 chipset and the KT7A has the via kt133 chipset.

It is all over via's website that these chipsets on these motherboards cause a variety of problems when trying to use pretty much any Creative Sound Blaster or compatible soundcard. You suffer various problems not limited to - lockups, blue screens, the worse crackling sounds through the speakers you've ever heard or just no sound at all.

I have had this problem on the both motherboards with SBPCI128's, PCI512's and Audigy. Doesn't matter which slot the card is in, what other cards are or are not also installed or what operating system. I have tried numerous times under Win98SE and Win2K.

At this point, all I want is a sound card that will work on either board. I also tried a Aureal Vortex 8810 which a retailer swore to me would solve the problem... same exact issures.

I would rather not buy two new mother boards just to get my sound to work...

Anybody familiar with this issue? Any suggestions or card recomendations?

I have tried to get to Abit's web site for two days now and it seems to be unreachable. Thier site is normally a POS anyway but you can usually access it.

Thanks for your help.

CyBOrz PaCe

--> Just wanted to add... here is the forum at via talking about the issue VIA's Forum on SB problem

 

[CyBOrz PaCe]

^^ anybody ^^

 

[CyBOrz PaCe]

^^^ I find it hard to believe nobody here has heard of my problem.... please, I'm begging you...^^^

 

[KGB]

I'm running a Vortex2 card in a KT133 chipset board by using this fix.
It apparently also works for Vortex1 cards.

Try it.

 

[CyBOrz PaCe]

Thanks KGB.

I'll let you know if it worked.

CyBOrz

 

[Cuular]

I replaced my sblive/audigy with the Hercules GTXP, and solved my problems. But some people still report problems even with that sound card.

 

[CyBOrz PaCe]

Thanks Cuular, I'll try that if the fix above, from KGBMAN doesn't work.

What is it with these F#@king chipsets anyway.

CyBOrz PaCe

 

[Ryukumu]

My motherboard has the chipset in question, and I've also got an SB Live Value card. Strangely, I've never gotten this problem... well, luckily, more like.

As far as SB substitutes, I've heard that the GTXP and Turtle Beach Santa Cruz are both excellent. If I were gonna buy one of the two, I'd probably splurge on the GTXP for all the extra inputs/outputs on the external box.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It may not be necessary to replace the soundcards you have(unless you choose to for whatever reason), many boards address the problem with a bios patch and there are other fixes available Here. You can also find some useful stuff Here.. Anyways, I just wanted to throw the info out there for your consideration, I hope it proves of some use