Hey Folk,
A couple of days ago I started getting a message when I booted my rig and tried to open my browser. It said: "Nvidia Raid Service English Language has encountered a problem and needs to close. Do you want to send Microsoft and error report, ......."

Today I got that message and then a small window message that said 'Ennumerate Device Win32_Bios Fail!!' I googled that message and it seemed to be connected to a systems incompatibility issue with Asus PC Probe (which I have running). Sometimes my system will boot but my system tray won't load. The problem (booting to a fully loaded desktop) is getting progressively worse.
I disabled Probe and my rig booted ok and here I am asking your advice. I don't know if this is a Probe issue or if that's just a symptom. Could it be my Nvidia Raid drivers. If it's the Nvidia Raid drivers can I uninstall/reinstall them without reinstalling XP?
I know in Device Manager, under disk drivers, is listed Nvidia Stripe.
Your thoughts?
HC

I know there has been issues surfacing that is tied to Asus Probe. Check to see if there is a PC Probe update for you mobo and give that a try.

So if you disable/uninstall PC Probe, then these errors don't come up at all?

Thanks Vegas for the response. Some of the symptoms did abate when I disabled Probe but others popped up. I just didn't have the time to mess with it, so I resorted to using my trusty Acronis backup (a full system one). Thanks to Cool and the gang, I've learned my lesson well

HC

HC - Are you saying that restored your system using Acronis (nice going getting that!) and that's it's working ok now?

Hey Cool,
When I reloaded my system, I made 3 Acronis images: one with just XP and Drivers; a second with XP, Drivers and all software installed (but not updated on the internet); and a third with everything loaded and XP, spyware and anti virus stuff updated (that took me about 30 minutes online).

I did a full system restore with the third Acronis image (everything loaded and updated).
The symptoms eventually reappeared. I disabled Probe and the symptoms have improved, but not completely abated. I'm not sure why Probe is causing problems now, when I've used it for years with this rig.
Anyway, if the symptoms reappear again, I may restore using the Acronis image with just XP and drivers.
I'm still concerned that I may be dealing with the virus issue I described in the other thread. I'm wondering if the virus/spyware was installed in one of my files (not registry items - is that possible?) so that even if I reinstall XP, the virus reappears when I load that file again. I've scanned for virus/anti spyware with ZA, Spysweeper, Ad Aware and Spybot. You'd think that would get anything on my system.
HC

I'm trying to remember everything you went through, HC. Was this it? You had blue screen problems. You had difficulty installing. Then, eventually you did do a fresh install?

I ask because, I don't think a virus or spyware is the culprit. It could be an errant driver, or a lingering portion of an old driver. Or, it could be a problem coming from the overclocking.

If you'd answer all of these questions, there will be a lot more to go on.

- How new is the install?
- Are all the backups of this new install?
- Are the symptoms blue screens, or something else?
- If you don't overclock the cpu, do you still have problems?
- At what speed are you running the memory?