Using a RAID Set on a different MB

[HunterA]

I used to have a GA 7N400 Pro2 MB with 2 SATA HDD connected in RAID Striped. The motherboard broke down and i want to buy a different mb (from abit or assus). Will i be able to reinstall windows with the new MB without having to format the drives and loosing all my files?

 

[ChipDeath]

As far as I understand it, it'll only work if the new board uses the same RAID controller.

Even so, It's usually adviseable to do a reformat/re-install when switching motherboards. If you get another nforce2 board then you might get away with it though, as the chipset is the same.

I have no personal experience with using RAID 0 arrays, this is just information I've read in the past.

The safest option would be to simply replace the motherboard with another of the same make & model. That way it'll definitely work . I didn't think there was anything particularly <i>wrong</i> with Gigabyte boards - personally I'd rather get a GigaByte board than an Asus one, but that's just my opinion.

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