evidently the KT600 chipset has more issues than I thought.

I used to have a KT600, I couldn't take it anymore. I went to the KT880 (I'm pretty sure) and many things just work on it. Versus the KT600 needing everything in the BIOS *just* so, in order to work with Windows *OR* Linux. I guess I might have to look at getting away from VIA, even though I really do like the chipset.