Moving RAID array to a new motherboard

OrphanBoy · 20 Sep 2007 at 13:53

Hiya,

I've been running a RAID 0 array with my PC for the best part of a year now with no problems. They're a pair of SATA 320GB Seagates (can't remember the model numbers - 7200.10 I think) with my DFI Lanparty Ultra-D NF4's SATA RAID controller.

Now I think I'm starting to get dodginess with either the motherboard or my video card and the machine keeps cutting out. In the case that my motherboard completely dies on me, what are my chances of being able to plug my drives into a brand new nvidia motherboard, say for a C2D, and just having the drives 'work'? ie the array being detected and mountable under Windows.

Is moving arrays from one chipset to another an easy thing to do?
Ta

OrphanBoy · 23 Sep 2007 at 01:32

So no one's got any experience of moving a RAID array from one chipset to another? There's got to be someone who's done it!

mk17 · 23 Sep 2007 at 02:17

OrphanBoy said:
So no one's got any experience of moving a RAID array from one chipset to another? There's got to be someone who's done it!

have a look here...

outlook doesn't look particularly great, if you had a dedicated card you could transfer without any problems - though that's not much good to you.

Best of luck, and make a back-up before risking it.

Search function is your friend.

titaniumx3 · 23 Sep 2007 at 03:27

I was able to move a raid-0 array from an nforce 3 ultra chipset to an nforce 4 ultra chipset, so it may well be possible if your sticking to nvidia.

Katoom · 23 Sep 2007 at 08:05

I went from an Ultra-d to a Gigabyte P35C with an intel sata controller and it didn't detect my array. I dont think it will work with different controllers.
Just try to back-up what you can.

OrphanBoy · 24 Sep 2007 at 07:57

Nuts - this doesn't sound too optimistic! Thanks guys for your help