First things first, jedwin was the person responsible for finding and fixing the buggy code responsible for the chocobo crash, but you cant exactly thank him as he seems to have not been present after that business was done. But qhimm wrapped it up in a neat little package, so thanking him for that, and for this website of course, is your best bet.
To my knowledge the EA version is the exact same as the Eidos version just repackaged, so any and all errors or possible errors are probably the exact same with both releases. Theres too many to be able to tell in one post though, just be aware that playing FF7 PC, on XP especially, is like walking with a pocket full of assorted bombs, you never know which are gonna blow up on ya. Just play the game and be happy it works at all, and if you have any more problems, check back here for a solution (using the search option first preferably).