**Official ASUS Striker II Formula Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread**

[Marios]

Another issue. perhaps same as a issue b4. came home from work and pc had crashed while i was at work. lcd poster said DET DRAM. I retarted and it wouldnt restart past det dram. i pulled the plug and let it sit 1 min. then it was fine. Vista reported the errror, and the solution was....

"A problem with a NVIDIA nForce(TM) SATA Driver driver has caused your computer to shut down and restart unexpectedly. This type of problem is commonly referred to as a "stop error" or "blue screen."

This problem has been fixed in Windows Vista Service Pack 1."

I have SP1, so why am i haveing a crash?

What software version should i install of the NVIDIA nForce(TM) SATA Driver?

I have the current version 9.46 installed for 780i

This is not a mobo problem. Though I have a few suggestions for you.
Check your system hard disk for errors.
Check you hard disks in case you have enabled spread spectrum and adjust the BIOS accordingly.
Start Run cmd and type "sfc /verifyonly"
In case it reports errors fix them from you backup.
A few SATA DVD drives are the source of problems.
X-fi is another source of conflicts in many cases.
You may remove them for a while to exclude compatibility issues.

Remove all nforce Nvidia drivers from control panel. We only need SATA or RAID drivers. Manually check in device manager the list of SATA drivers. In case you haveone you are OK. Otherwise install those you installed in the past one by one with manual update and then check the box to uninstall AND delete each driver. This way you end up with the original Vista SP1 driver.
Now install 9.99 SATA drivers (this is on the previous Nforce version 9.64).

I prefer to enable RAID for all SATA Ports in BIOS and set all my disks as jbod with F10. This way I install the SATA RAID drivers only. Try it. It works. Be careful not to choose "clear the contents of the disk" during this conversion. Add one disk or DVD each time, convert it and then add the next one. Convert to jbod your system disk also and set it as boot (notice the B mark).
You only have to install uninstall or update the Nvidia Nforce Raid controller driver from device manager from now on.