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I have a DELL XPS90 and everytime I plugged in the Reactor card I get a
mmsound.drv error before windows finishes loading and it says I must
reinstall windows! It crashed my registery. It seems to have something to
do with the video driver for the Reactor. I finally got my old video
board to work but lost some information in the process. Please help
someone.

P.S. Tech support said "BIOS UPGRADE". I have the latest verion (I'm
almost positive (version A05)) and contacted MRBIOS but it won't work
with my system.
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I would check your PCI / IRQ / BIOS settings. Sounds to me like the
Reactor is grabbing what it thinks is a free IRQ, but sounds like that
IRQ is in use by the soundcard.

Just a guess though.
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Yes, they are locking up a lot of systems, and yes their tech support is
great.

But beware of _ANY_ 'BETA' BIOS.  When I flashed the BIOS, I had to
re-install my old video card in order to get a copy of the ORIGINAL BIOS
via email so I could reset the Reactor.  Some systems may not like the new
BIOS, so it would be a good idea to have the original handy in case this
happens to you.  And some of the older ( in my case just a year old )
monitors do not like this card. Mine would not sync at anything over
800X600, and I use 1280x1024.  So I ended up getting another monitor just
to use the card.  

Use the new BIOS, and new drivers, but keep the old working ones handy.

Robert

I hope the new one works fine. These problems are really annoying, to
the point of making that board hardly usable over a period of time.

Guy Brosseau