Start up Error Problems

Question

Hi,
K7N2 Delta
Sempron Processor
MSI- GeForce FX5200 Video Card
1Gb RAM
Creative Audigy ZS Pro Sound Card.
Just built my system with above main bits. Got spurious error messages on bootup.
"Service not Started" which according to the Event Viewer is idfferent at every boot up and has no effect on the pooter and occasionall Flash MIBI Error pops up and disappears to quick to read properly but I suspect are MSI / Videocard related.
According to the following post
Please help..."nvraidservice.exe" error at Windows startup with MSI K8n Neo2 Platinum (more & long)
Which was the same type of problem and following the advice therin I disabled MSI Live update  which seems to be the main problem however when I re-booted the computer would not even get as far as looking for drives to boot  from. I rescued it with a timely Ghost Backup and tried again with the same result.
Now I am a bit confused, I cannot turn off the offending service (which I am pretty sure is Live Update) without screwing the entire thing up.
Do I need MSI Live Update running? I do not want it and I cannot see why it should cause such a disaster after being disabled?
Can I uninstall this 3D Turbo Experience ? I do not use this machine for Games I have a proper pooter for intensive graphics but I do use it for watching TV via Win TV so if I uninstall £D will it cause problems?. What does 3D do that a FX5200 can't do on regular drivers.
I would like to remove as many unecessary MSI utilities asd I can starting with Live Update and 3D Turbo Experience + anything else I can ditch, which will hopefully clear my spurious start up errors as I strongly suspect MSI utilities are causing problems...
Can somebody give me some advice on the removal of non essential utilities  please?
Or should I just go buy an Intel MOBO and Video Card :-)
TIA

Answer 1

Hi,
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If I have to reinstall this machine again the MSI stuff is in the bin and I am putting Intel Hardware in it.
Is this an L or ILSR?
A new install will take you less than 30 mins!
You say that you re-wrote your drive using Ghost - are you saying that the Ghost image was used on another (non-nVidia) motherboard? If so, you should have done a new XP install at the start.  
Also put your Audigy card in the third PCI slot to prevent any possible conflicts.
Is APIC enabled in the BIOS (don't confuse this with ACPI)? If not, it should be enabled before and during a new XP install.
The following doesn't make sense:
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when I re-booted the computer would not even get as far as looking for drives to boot from.
If this is the case then a Ghost rescue wouldn't have made any difference. If the system can't find your drives then you wouldn't have been able to write to them.
I suggest you clear the CMOS with the FSB jumper set to SAFE - see this thread:
How to clear the CMOS
Then return the (FSB) jumper to USER then install a fresh OS (after checking your APIC is enabled). Also don't forget to disable your onboard sound and don't have an active LAN line connected during install either. I'm assuming of course that you've not done ALL of this
Try to install only the nVidia LAN drivers manually after the install of XP (should be on the CD you may have to unpack it first) so that you can access the web, then download the nVidia nForce/Platform unified drivers from here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
as well as your VGA card drivers if they're not included (dunno as mine's an ATI).
It may also be advisable not to install the nVidia IDE drivers at first (you should be given the option during the nVidia driver install) as some people report problems especially with older CD-ROM drives.
EDIT: TBT just saw your post! and wot he (TBT) said  :
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If you have time please list your COMPLETE system specs of all you hardware, including your RAM brand, and PSU brand wattage and max amp ratings for the 3.3 5 and 12 volt rails.
I may be wrong, but a BIOS update should be done.
Good Luck and repost with any further difficulties!  
Intel!!!    
Axel