Hmm, current update:

I now have NO IRQ conflicts that I can see. The computer has yet to lockup on startup, but it still locks up in diablo2. I spoke to tech supports and here is what I have done so far: cured my IRQ problem, got the IRQ routing patch from VIA, and deleted my old drivers completely and reinstalled them. The guy told me if this did not work to reinstall windows. I am thinking about flashing my BIOS and if that does not work, to reinstall windows.

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"Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive, but I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them." - Professor Frink