SiI3114 RAID GUI and JRE error

Question

I have an ASUS mobo with onboard SiI3114 SATA RAID 5 configured. The array manager is a gui file, sam.jar. This file is opened by:
C:\Program Files\Java\j2rel.4.2_7\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "%1"%*
When I boot this system, the GUI runs fine. But, if I then try to open the file using the desktop shortcut, I get a "Controller Not Found" error with the following details in the log:
Application Exception
App: smu.jar version X.0.0
Sys: speedserver
OS: Windows 2000 version 5.0
Java: JRE version 1.4.2_07 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Time: Wed Jul 13 17:40:16 CDT 2005
Device Database Exception
Message <si:Fault><si:Code><si:Value>Sender</si:Value><si:Subcode>Cannot Be Processed</si:Subcode></si:Code><si:Reason><si:Text>None Found</si:Text></si:Reason></si:Fault>
String index out of range: -2397java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -2397
     at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
     at EventDatabase.readLog(EventDatabase.java:158)
     at EventDatabase.initialize(EventDatabase.java:54)
     at DatabaseManager.initializationComplete(DatabaseManager.java:185)
     at AbstractDatabase.initializationComplete(AbstractDatabase.java:324)
     at TaskDatabase.processNewData(TaskDatabase.java:133)
     at AbstractDatabase$1.handleMessage(AbstractDatabase.java:122)
     at AbstractMessageHandler.dispatchMessageHandler(AbstractMessageHandler.java:33)
     at CommManager$MessageProcessingThread.run(CommManager.java:462)
I haven't a clue what this means or what to do about it and am hoping somebody here can help. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the JRE, updating to the latest version, etc., but always have the same problem.
Any help will be much appreciated!

Answer 1

The fact that you're using SATA RAID is probably not pertinent, as I my Windows system has a Gigabyte mb with SATA RAID 1 and has no problems.
The error is a bad index into a string:
String index out of range: -2397java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -2397
The Java application is telling you what code is being referenced, by classname/method/line number. However, if you don't have the source code, that doesn't help much. In that case, see if the code provider will analyze the fault. The application may not be compatible with the Java version you use - check that.