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"joesmith" wrote in message
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wow scary stuff...hope the data is recoverable...
I would say start with the basics...
make sure the system is stable and then go after the raid.
after all since the raid has some software to process , if the system is
unstable.. then the raid could be what shows it since all data must
eventually end up there.

first overclocking anything? if so turn it off
ok

second run a good burn utility ..sisandra..memtestx86 maybe I'm sure
there are better ones out there
ok

next check the raid driver and software for updates
from nvidia or Asus? If I remember correctly it was rather confusing and
have to be careful with bios version
currently I have
nvraid.sys version 5.10.2600.622
nvraidco.dll ver. 5.10.2600.359
nvraidar.dll 5.10.2600.621
plus aton of other language dll
nvraidenu 5.10.2600.621

NvRaidMan.exe 5.10.2600.621
nvraidservice.exe 5.10.2600.621
NvRaidSvEnu.dll 5.10.2600.621
NvRaidWizard.dll 5.10.2600.621

AS for the mainboard
Version 0506
GeFirce 6150
2005/11/17 51:52:19
Azalia(swa)
Onboard Lan (wol)
Bos Size 512K , Type ASMI

BIOS Date 2005-11-17 21:52:18 Ver 08.00.12 by AMI
SMBIOSBIOSVersion 0506
SMBSIOMajorVersion 2
SMBSIOMinorVersion 3
VERSION AMI - 11000517


I have had ASUS update trouble for quite a while - connt connect
sometimes that requires a reformat though ....but what is your choice
nvidia had one that was a bear to install on x64 windows


PS is possible,Since you are on Asus ..does any of your voltages look
lowin pc probe?...of course that won't help with Spikes on the PS ,pc
I got pc probe II
1.5 - 1.44 mostly 1.49
3.10-3.17 mostly 3.15 3.17
4.99 fairly stable
12.14-12.20 mostly 12.20


DMI and PCI displays nothing on the right paenl.("The Page cannot be
displayed")


probe won't pick that up.. is it a good brand PS? or a no name? how many
watts and are you doing sli or something that requires a big Power Supply?
PS is noname Tian power Optimax ATX-450PS
Rating
Volt Amp
+3.3 28
+5 35
+12 22
-5 .5
-12 1
+5Vsb 2



gg wrote:
At the risk of starting a long thread, I need help troubleshooting my
Pc'
raid corruption problem.

apparently my PC with Asus K8n-vm csm gives that hassle of corrupted
raid.
I heard it can be BIOS, driver, mainboard, PSU, RAM, even hard drive,
....

I have Kensington DDR, hard drives are Seagate SATA

I suspect the ps is a potential occasional culprit as the chance of
corruption increase with hibernation. But then if I leave the PC
continuously on for a couple of days, I will have raid corruption also


often prior to Raid corruption showing up in the startup post, the
shutdown
tends to take considerably longer.

the hard drives themselves only luke warm ( I have cooling fan on them)