VIAHardware has publicised the MSI BIOS bug in WinXP so our buddy's at M3Dzone got there hands on a BETA bios that should fix the problem.
"Please take note however that this is a BETA BIOS that is intended to solve MSI-6330 family of Boards with BIOS IO-port addressing in Windows XP and that v3.0 be installed 1st before applying this new BIOS update".
News source: M3dzone
Download: MSI Beta BIOS W6330VMS.311
This is BETA software!, please note were are not responsible if your computer bites back!
"Please take note however that this is a BETA BIOS that is intended to solve MSI-6330 family of Boards with BIOS IO-port addressing in Windows XP and that v3.0 be installed 1st before applying this new BIOS update".
SQL Server 2000 SP2 Fix List for SQL Server 2000
- Q260182 BUG: Unable to Restore to a Point in Time in First Transaction Log Backup
- Q271351 BUG: All Replication Agents Have Step Name That Reads "Log Reader Agent Startup Message"
- Q275024 BUG: SQL Server Enterprise Manage Does Not List all Tables in the TaskPad View and the Next and Last Buttons Do Not Appear
- Q279080 PRB: Sqldiag Utility Exits if SQL Server Service Is Not Started
- Q282749 BUG: Deadlock Information Reported with SQL Server 2000 Profiler Is Incorrect
- Q290415 FIX: Use of the Jet Provider to Query a Linked Server Text File from SQL Server May Be Very Slow
- Q291332 BUG: SERVERPROPERTY Returns Incorrect Value for LICENSETYPE
- Q295589 PRB: Upgrading SQL Server 2000 SP1 to a Cluster Virtual Server May Result in Use of Mixed Binaries
- Q296045 BUG: Merge Snapshot Agent Fails with Error 50007: "Too many table names in the query. The maximum allowable is 256."
- Q296456 FIX: Full Text Query May Return 0 Rows When Valid Results are Present
- Q296612 FIX: Large Array of IN Clause Parameters Parses/Compiles Slower on SQL Server 2000
- Q296849 FIX: BULK INSERT Replaces Current Datetime Column Value with Previous Column Value if Data File Contains All Spaces
- Q298828 BUG: Query Analyzer Stops Responding and Cannot be Started Until Visual Studio Analyzer is Stopped
- Q299287 BUG: The Number of Parameters Does Not Match Error Message From Distribution Task
- Q299299 FIX: Export of Specific DBCS to Excel Fails When Text Type is Used
- Q299717 FIX: Query Method Used to Access Data May Allow Rights that the Login Might Not Normally Have
- Q300195 FIX: The SQL-DMO Transfer Method Silently Fails to Copy All Data
- Q300269 BUG: Replication Conflict Viewer Reports That Merge Published Database Is Not Published
- Q300383 FIX: Initial Snapshot Fails with 8115 Error "Arithmetic Overflow Error Converting Expression to Data Type Int"
- Q300412 FIX: Shared Table Lock Incorrectly Held for Lifetime of Transaction Instead of Statement
- Q300414 FIX: SQL Mail Operations May Lead to Failures and Memory Leaks
- Q300919 BUG: SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 Setup May Fail when Applied to a Server with Non-writable Databases
- Q301642 FIX: SQL Server Error Message 6002 Is Returned with an Incorrect Severity
- Q302477 FIX: Cursor Created on Linked Server That Requests Meta-Data May Cause Handled Access Violation
- Q302675 FIX: Delete on Nonindexed Column Fails with Error 1203
- Q302825 FIX: Complex Join Query with Views and Redundant Tables May Cause Error 8623
- Q302892 BUG: Specifying More Than One Operator E-mail Address May Terminate SQL Server Agent with Dr. Watson
- Q303005 FIX: SQL Server Performance Condition Alerts do not Fire After You Install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1
- Q303042 FIX: Spanish VSwitch Causes Setup to Fail
- Q303324 BUG: SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 Breaks Visual Basic T-SQL Debugger
- Q303640 FIX: Latch Timeout Warnings Appear in Error Log and Slow SQL Server Response Occurs with AWE Enabled
- Q303664 BUG: SP_PROCESSMAIL May Fail with Error 18023
- Q303822 FIX: Properties Dialog Box of a Transform Data Task Takes a Long Time to Open
- Q303981 BUG: Merge Agent Fails with Error: "Line38: Incorrect syntax near "." " During Initial Snapshot Application
- Q304222 FIX: Merge Replication Non-Convergence Occurs with Local Subscribers when Published Table has 32 or More Columns
- Q304519 FIX: Nonclustered Indexes Rebuilt For CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX ... WITH DROP_EXISTING Query
- Q304551 FIX: Merge Publishing with Vertical Filters Results in Nonconvergence
- Q304658 FIX: Distribution Task Encounters Syntax Error During Application of Initial Snapshot
- Q304703 FIX: Pull Subscribers Experience Non-Convergence After Running sp_mergecleanupmetadata Against a Published Database
- Q304711 PRB: SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 Setup Fails with No Errors
- Q304847 FIX: Abort of DTC Transaction in tempdb May Cause 7105 Errors, Assertions, and Possible Shutdown of SQL Server
- Q305042 FIX: UPDATE After ALTER TABLE Can Result in Unexpected Data to Added Columns
- Q305066 BUG: Merge Agent Access Violation Occurs with Large Batch Size and Several Columns
- Q305354 BUG: Paging an Operator May Not Work After You Apply Service Pack 1
- Q305377 FIX: SQL Server 2000 May Be More Aggressive with Read-Ahead Than SQL Server 7.0
- Q305378 BUG: Service Pack 1 Installation May Fail with Error Messages 3703 and 1911
- Q305573 FIX: Return Code of xp_findnextmsg Changed to 1 Against an Empty Inbox
- Q305576 FIX: Regression: AV When xp_findnextmsg Is Invoked Against an Empty Inbox
- Q305711 BUG: DBO User Does Not Display in Enterprise Manager
- Q306034 BUG: SQL Server 2000 SP1 Installation on a Cluster with Sqlservr.exe Fails with "...Entry Point Not Found" Error Message
- Q306167 BUG: MSDE SP1 Upgrade Does Not Update Merge Replication Components
- Q306266 FIX: Updates to Distributed Partitoned Views May Return Incorrect @@ROWCOUNT Value
- Q306334 BUG: Objects May Fail to Retain Quoted Identifier Setting When You Use SQL-DMO to Create or Alter Objects
- Q306374 FIX: SP1 Regression: Table Scan Chosen Over Index Seek for INSERT/SELECT Statement Against the Same Table
- Q306401 BUG: Error Message 7355 "..Inconsistent metadata for a column" Occurs When You Use a Linked Server
- Q306488 FIX: Reinstall with Long Command May Cause Setup to Fail
- Q306491 FIX: "Unable To Run The Script Files" Error Message Occurs with Desktop Engine Modification
- Q306816 FIX: ActiveX Controls for Replication May Cause Access Violation with More Than 256 Articles in a Publication
- Q306890 FIX: Merge Join with Rank Operator May Produce Incorrect Results
- Q306893 FIX: Unexpected Results Occur When You Use a Sort and a Stream Aggregate
- Q306998 FIX: Complex CASE Clause on Query May Cause Error 8621 and Terminate Batch
- Q307533 BUG: Distribution Agent May Encounter Error 8115 in the Sp_MSadd_distribution_history Stored Procedure
- Q308010 FIX: SQL Server Service Manager Fails with "The system cannot find the file specified" Error Message
- Q307538 FIX: SQLTrace Start and Stop is Now Reported in Windows NT Event Log for SQL Server 2000
- Q307946 BUG: SQL Profiler Truncates Seconds and Milliseconds for Datetime RPC Parameter
- Q307948 FIX: SQL Mail Attachments Contain Leading Space Before First Column of Each Result Row
- Q308016 FIX: sp_configure 'network packet size' Not Functional in SQL Server 7.0 SP3 and SQL Server 2000
- Q308267 BUG: DTS Copy Objects Task (DMO) Breaks Transaction Log Backup Chain By Switching Recovery Mode to Simple During Transfer
- Q308370 BUG: Query Containing LIKE NULL May Not Return Correct Results
- Q308398 BUG: Execution of Stored Procedure That Uses a TEXT Parameter in Cursor Definition Causes AV
- Q308547 FIX: SELECT DISTINCT from Table with LEFT JOIN of View Causes Error Messages or Client Application May Stop Responding
- Q308772 BUG: Unicode Wildcard Comparisons with Latin1_general_CI_AS May Return Incorrect Results
- Q308878 FIX: sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup Does Not Clean Generations with ArtNick=0
- Q308984 FIX: Nondynamic Snapshot Performs Poorly for Partitioned Merge Publication
- Q309251 FIX: Execution of Sp_addsynctriggers Results in Syntax Error After ALTER TABLE MDAC
- Q297035 FIX: Correlation Error Using Parameters.Refresh with SQLOLEDB
- Q299765 FIX: SQL Server 2000 ODBC Driver Fails to Return SQL Server 7.0 Server Names
- Q300420 FIX: Connection to SQL Server Database Using IP Address Is Unusually Slow
- Q304329 FIX: Application Using Microsoft Oracle ODBC Driver Crashes When TNS Does Not Exist OLAP
- Q296186 BUG: Incorrect Results In Cube Editor When You Edit a Dependent Calculated Member or Calculated Cell

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