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Recover raid after motherboard crash

Hi -

I have a motherboard with onboard raid. It is currently configured to raid 5. I believe the motherboard has crashed. Sometimes I can get past post, but not always. When I do, the OS tries to start, but fails. I have not yet attempted Bart PE, etc, but I don't hold out much hope of it helping if the problem is indeed the MB. My question: If the motherboard is bad and needs to be replaced, is there any way to recover these raid drives?

Thanks,

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athomsfere

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ycgtech

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It is an ASUS P5Q-E... http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5QE/#specifications

Intel P45/ICH10R with Intel® Fast Memory Access(FMA) support
Southbridge
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s
- Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support

If I cannot find the same model, what needs to be the same, the Intel P45/ICH10R?

Once in the new motherboard, does the order of the drives matter (do they need to be in the same order)? After booting up, I just need to create and rebuild the array? Or will it autmatically find it?

Thanks,

athomsfere

Looks like your RAID contoller is: Marvell 88SE6121

But the closer you can get to the exact same board the better. So another P45 with that controller would be good.

ycgtech

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what about software recovery? I see some out there. if I cannot get the same mb, or if I can, but it does not work...will the software work, or do they only work on software raid?

athomsfere

You could try something like http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

ycgtech

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Thanks!