FSX & SLI

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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:48 am


I looked over the Spybots start list you posted. The items that can be deleted are noted here:


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Open Spybots and go to the Tools tab at the bottom, then select System Startup

When the list appears, click once on the line to highlight it in BLUE, confirm it with the image I posted and then click the DELETE button at the top. There should be a confirmation box, select yes. There is no return if you delete the wrong line so make sure you verify each one shown before deleting.

Some of it is creative junk which can be re-enabled in the creative settings if you may find something you need again. The rest of the creative junk is just garbage sucking up memory and cycles.

Ms Messenger is still booting in the background, kill it. You can open it manually if you use the program.

That will kill the real player spyware too.

You do not use Ntune for setting anything so its function is essentially useless. Alternately you can uninstall it because you are on manual BIOS settings now anyway. It can be used as a hardware monitor but you have to set it up for that and you have PC Probe you can boot anytime now for checking voltages and temps. You also have CPUz which will verify the system better anyway.

The temp monitor software you installed (PC Probe) is ok to have for checking things from time to time but it is not needed at boot or for protection. We did not raise the vcore high enough to ever be an issue so that can also be shut down at startup. You should be able to locate the 'start with windows' option in the PC Probe software.


I question the NvMedia Center entry. According to what I read it is only needed for one game unless you have TV tuner and other Nv software installed. I did not select that one because I was not sure about it for your system but if you know for sure you do not need it, wack it too. If unsure, leave it.



And one last item you may wish to check.. Control Panel - Administrative Services - Services

Scroll down and see if you find: Creative Service for CDROM Access

If you do, double click it, select STOP, in the drop down, select DISABLED and then under the LOGON Tab, select DISABLED for the hardware profile, Click OK and close

Reboot the computer after all that is done. Once back in Windows run this command in the START - RUN box:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks

Click OK and give the system about 10-20 seconds to rewrite the boot layout file

That should clear the boot file of all traces of the garbage.

Open O&O Defrag and run a SPACE defrag which will the re-optimize without the deleted boot files and keys. It should not take more than a few minutes to complete.


Something's not right. I did everything you suggested and when I went to reboot, my system hanged. I had to reboot at least 4 - 5 times to get it starting again. No OC settings have been changed.
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:51 am

Reboot the computer after all that is done. Once back in Windows run this command in the START - RUN box:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks


I got this error when I attempted this:

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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:09 am

Reboot the computer after all that is done. Once back in Windows run this command in the START - RUN box:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks


I got this error when I attempted this:

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Strange. Nothing I had you delete should have caused such an error. Looking at it now
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:17 am

Reboot the computer after all that is done. Once back in Windows run this command in the START - RUN box:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks


I got this error when I attempted this:

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You may have gotten the rundll error because you have 2 'ss' at the end of: rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks

the command line you have based on that box is: rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTaskss <--- with 2 's' at the end which looks like a typo to me


I am looking over the list of removed items and I am not seeing anything that would hang the system. Are you still having boot trouble or has that cleared up?
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:18 am

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Current system start up

Yes you were right about the 2 s's. Don't know how I didn't catch that, but how do you explain the boot failure?
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:22 am

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Current system start up

Yes you were right about the 2 s's. Don't know how I didn't catch that, but how do you explain the boot failure?



I cant at this point. I see nothing we removed that would cause such a hang. Everything I had you remove was non-essential, a help file or some type of scanner to detect audio ( a front for creative to boot junk)


When this hang happened, was it before or after the black Windows startup screen?

Has it cleared now?
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:24 am

Before windows start up. In fact, I got no screen whatsoever. All black. Gonna try rebooting again.
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:28 am

Before windows start up. In fact, I got no screen whatsoever. All black. Gonna try rebooting again.



That will have nothing to do with Windows or drivers then.
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:30 am

System hang, but a very unusual one.. Usually, when it crashes I have to hold down the off button on my computer for it to turn off. This time I tap it and it turns off immedietely. Did it 3 times. 4th time it booted normally. I'm looking at my motherboard temp on PC probe and it's reading 48 C. Sometimes 49 for a split second. Could I be overheating?

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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:31 am

We may be pushing the PSU too hard
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:38 am

System hang, but a very unusual one.. Usually, when it crashes I have to hold down the off button on my computer for it to turn off. This time I tap it and it turns off imedietely. Did it 3 times. 4th time it booted normally. I'm looking at my motherboard temp on PC probe and it's reading 48 C. Sometimes 49 for a split second. Could I be overheating?



No, 48c is well under the range of being a problem.

Since the system is stable in Windows and flying it is hard to fathom a PSU issue or a component problem however some motherboards have whatis known as a Vdrop on boot which runs the processor cold for a split second if the frequency is a tad high... still thinking here.

Let me get this right, you reboot the computer by hitting the power button?  That is usually a combination of proper power management BIOS setting and a setting in Windows under the Power Options


Try this do not push the tower button to shut down the computer,  click start, turn off computer, then RESTART

See if it reboots

If it does, once back in Windows and it is fully booted,

do not push the tower button to shut down the computer,  click start, turn off computer, then TURN OFF

After the tower shuts down see if you have problems restarting it.
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:39 am

No no no, I only push the power button when my computer crashes. NOT to reboot. I reboot using windows restart.
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:40 am

System hang, but a very unusual one.. Usually, when it crashes I have to hold down the off button on my computer for it to turn off. This time I tap it and it turns off immedietely. Did it 3 times. 4th time it booted normally. I'm looking at my motherboard temp on PC probe and it's reading 48 C. Sometimes 49 for a split second. Could I be overheating?

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EDIT: I'm at 49 C now. I think heat is the problem.



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Im looking at the 11.84 on the 12v rail
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Nick N » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:41 am

No no no, I only push the power button when my computer crashes. NOT to reboot. I reboot using windows restart.



Ohhhh Ok

So you are saying the system is hanging in Windows and you have to restart it


I get it
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Re: FSX & SLI

Postby Black ZR-1 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:43 am

The system never hangs in windows. It usually hangs on a start up when I reboot. When I get nothing on my screen, I then hit the power button off and then back on. If I still can't get nothing then I do a CMOS clear.
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