System:
- P5B Premium Vista Edition
- OS: Windows XP Pro
- Intel Core2 6600 2.4 Ghz
- 2 Gigs RAM
- Asus X1950 display adapter
- Boot HD: SATA2 200 Gigs on Intel Matrix
- Data HD: SATA2 320 Gigs x 2 - RAID 1 on Intel Matrix
- DVD: SATA on Intel Matrix

JMicron controller disabled in BIOS. Intel Matrix configured as RAID.

I have an issue that is turning into a real problem. When the computer is turned off and then restarted, it will reboot at the Windows Welcome screen (with the Cylon bar moving).
The sequence of events is always the same: the system starts up, JGOGO loads, the HD light comes on and after 10-20 seconds, the Windows slider bar freezes and the system restarts. I have attempted to change the BIOS settings for the JMicron controller every possible way and the result is always the same.

The behavior is the same in all modes, including Safe Mode. When booting in safe mode, the info screen shows that the last driver to load before the restart is JMicron's JGOGO.SYS.

The only solution I found is to let the computer reboot and reboot. At some point, after at least 20 reboots, the system finally gets over the Welcome screen and proceeds to the logon screen. This problem does not occur if I perform a warm restart (restarting without turning the power off). But it always happens if the power is turned off before restarting.

What is particularly puzzling in this situation is that I disabled the JMicron controller from the get go, before installing Windows XP. Nonetheless, the boot sequence does load a JMicron driver (the infamous JGOGO.SYS). Thinking that updating the driver may do the trick, I downloaded a more recent version of the driver and attempted to install it, only to be told by the install program that there was no JMicron controller in my system (sic). This seems to confirm that the controller is disabled, but still leaves me puzzled at to why the JGOGO.sys driver is being loaded.

I have googled the topic and found that many other people have experienced this problem, but I did not find a solution. Useless to say, I live with the fear that one of these days, the system will not get to the logon screen in spite of the serial reboots. For the time being, I simply do not turn my system off. I am a software developer in middle of a crunch and I really don't need this kind of aggravation, expecially coming from reputedly quality vendors like Asus. I pay premium prices for my hardware and I only wish that it would perform as expected.

Any comment/advice/help would be hugely appreciated - I will name my first child after you :-)