Dave McGruther, Bioware Client Care Specialist, has announced at the official forums for KotOR that a beta patch v.1.01 is now available for testing. This beta patch has been made to address two specific issues: 1. Long pauses while playing with sound enabled using a motherboard with an Intel i845 or i850 chipset with 100mhz front side bus 2. Crashing at main menu (the one with new game, load game, options) with a Radeon 9600 Download links and install instructions can be found here: click me.