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Ramrod

10-03-2006 12:29

New mobo

Hi all. I have an asus A8V-E Deluxe mobo running windows xp pro64 bit with 2 WD raptors (sata) in RAID 0.
For reasons best left unmentioned (that some of you can guess at) I would like a new mobo. I want this to be as easy a swap over as possible bearing in mind the RAID 0 setup I have atm.
I am considering an asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe ............
How easy/hard is this swap over to do?
Any comments on that mobo?
........or should I just leave well alone for the time being and await the 65nm amd cores and then go for a new build later in the year? :D

Aragorn

10-03-2006 12:40

Re: New mobo

Main problem there is you will be moving from a Via SATA RAID controller to an NVidia controller. It will almost certainly not recognise the existing Raid array (and the NVRaid controller is pants anyway).
Ideally you want something with the same RAID controller - apparently a Promise 20378.

Ramrod

10-03-2006 13:41

Re: New mobo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Ideally you want something with the same RAID controller - apparently a Promise 20378.

Gawd........I think I'll just scrap this idea. I'll leave dual core computing alone for another year or so till I build myself another pc :rolleyes: :D

bopdude

10-03-2006 14:00

Re: New mobo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Ideally you want something with the same RAID controller - apparently a Promise 20378.

Gawd........I think I'll just scrap this idea. I'll leave dual core computing alone for another year or so till I build myself another pc :rolleyes: :D

Good idea mate, best left well alone, for now, it works well, leave it at that :tu: :p:

Ramrod

10-03-2006 14:22

Re: New mobo

Quote:

Originally Posted by bopdude

Good idea mate, best left well alone, for now, it works well, leave it at that :tu: :p:

Yup. I'm well impressed with overclockers. You can get hold of them on the phone and they take back goods even if they have been used. :tu:

bopdude

10-03-2006 14:55

Re: New mobo

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Quote:

Originally Posted by bopdude

Good idea mate, best left well alone, for now, it works well, leave it at that :tu: :p:

Yup. I'm well impressed with overclockers. You can get hold of them on the phone and they take back goods even if they have been used. :tu:

Thats nice to know, could order all sorts for next LAN, 21" TFT etc etc :drool: an' then just take them back...lol

zing_deleted

10-03-2006 16:05

Re: New mobo

Just buy the se version of the board you have.Should be the said sata controller should swap out set up in bios and Bobs your uncle

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