MSI K9AGM-FID : Any luck with Vista? Spontaneous reboot.

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Has anybody been able to install Vista on the MSI K9AGM motherboard?

Everything works fine for hours under Windows XP MCE 2005. Meanwhile, under
Windows Vista Home Premium, the machine resets spontaneously every 10 minutes
flat (very precisely).
I've been investigating the issue for 2 days now without any luck. Even Safe
Mode does not survive the 10 minutes delay.

Any additional input would be appreciated.
 
GREAT NEWS!

The new BIOS version 3.2 fixed the issues with Windows Vista! The computer
has been running for hours now. There hasn't been any unwanted behaviour or
loss of performance according to my tests.

If you're a K9AGM motherboard owner and plan to use Windows Vista, make sure
you have a version 3.2 BIOS (or over). Anything below this version will
result in spontaneous reboots every 10 minutes. This behaviour is also
present with Windows Server 2003.

I don't know if the BIOS has been released to the public yet. If not, it
should be available very soon (mine has been provided directly by MSI USA to
fix this show-stopper issue).

The following topic covers the problem details:
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=105547.0

Again, thanks MSI USA for the support.
 
Hi,

The only thing I can see is the RAID setup. Have you tried an installation
in "Native IDE" mode for the SATA controller? (I understand you'll lose the
RAID feature but it would narrow down the possible cause). I use Native IDE
with no slow down and a rock solid system.
 
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