DFI Lan "Party" Nightmare

[excitron]

I have had a DFI Lan Party Pro 875B MB for a while now that has been nothing but trouble from day one. I managed to get it to be functional for several months, but now it is back to it's old ways again. Every so often it wants to just go through a BIOS update, and it's stuck in that mode again. The worst part is that even if I stick a floppy with the data on it, the award flash program comes up, asks for the file name for the update, but I can't type anything. Keyboard COM is dead. So the system just sits there forever waiting for data I can't give it.

So here's the deal. I've had enough of this crap. I want to rip this board out so I can have the pleasure of smashing it with my hammer into an unknown number of pieces. However, I have a RAID 0 setup using the built-in Highpoint 372N controller. I need to know what other MB manufacturers use this chip so I can just put the drives into a new system and be able to directly access the existing data on the drives. I'll assume for the moment that as long as I use the same controller on a different make MB, I should be able to do this, right?

So who else makes a MB with the same controller that I can use with these drives? Hopefully MSI does, as I've had good experiences in the past with them (at least with Athlon systems), but I'll welcome others. I'm using a 3.2 gig Prescott furnace and 2 gigs (4x512)of Geil Golden Dragon ram.

I really need help right now. I need to be able to both preserve the data on this RAID and have the pleasure of smashing this board to pieces. Thanks for any help with this.

 

[o1die]

Don't smash it. Send it to me, and I'll make a warranty claim, and have a spare board. Dfi gave me faster email support than all other companies I've dealt with. I even heard from a 2nd rep about my problem. Sorry, but I haven't found a different manufacturer that uses that highpoint raid.

 

[excitron]

Sorry dude, but this board is on DEATH ROW. I've had it with this board AND DFI. I did not get the same treatment from them as you did. I got nothing but braindead responses, both for this and an identical board that I had (which mercifully went right into the garbage, they'll be no mercy for this one).

My only concern is getting the data off the RAID, as I can't get this board to do anything except ask for a BIOS update disk, which it does nothing with. It never even makes it to POST. REALLY annoying.