KT7A RAID

Hi,
my old board seems to have died and I wondered if it is possible to use my
RAID drives on another setup without losing all the data etc. Would a new
raid system read the old Highpoint raid.

Thanks in anticipation,
Dave

Dave wrote:

> Hi,
> my old board seems to have died

Symptoms ? You know it might be the 'bad caps' thing. Those boards were well
made.


> and I wondered if it is possible to use my
> RAID drives on another setup without losing all the data etc. Would a new
> raid system read the old Highpoint raid.

Ought to I'd have thought. Only Highpoint would know but it was a very popular
RAID controller. I think it's equivalent to the model 370 you could get as a
PCI card.

http://www.google.com/search?a&rls=en&q=highpoint+370

Graham

Hi,
thanks for the reply. I cannot see any bad caps. After trying just about
everything I have found it will boot to my IDE 1 (no raid) disk (W98) by
removing the middle memory. It seems the slot is at fault, not the memory
itself. Strange.

Now trying to get the RAID working but using Recovery Console from my CD
CHKDSKsays the disk has 'unrecoverable errors' so back to the drawing board
again!

Regards,
Dave

"Eeyore" <> wrote in message
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>
> Dave wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> my old board seems to have died
>
> Symptoms ? You know it might be the 'bad caps' thing. Those boards were
> well
> made.
>
>
>> and I wondered if it is possible to use my
>> RAID drives on another setup without losing all the data etc. Would a
>> new
>> raid system read the old Highpoint raid.
>
> Ought to I'd have thought. Only Highpoint would know but it was a very
> popular
> RAID controller. I think it's equivalent to the model 370 you could get as
> a
> PCI card.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?a&rls=en&q=highpoint+370
>
> Graham
>

Dave wrote:

> Hi,
> thanks for the reply. I cannot see any bad caps.

When you can see them bulged, top split or leaking it's obvious but some defects
such as simply 'drying up' may not be visible. I'd certainly consider a complete
re-cap of the electrolytics.
http://www.badcaps.net/


> After trying just about
> everything I have found it will boot to my IDE 1 (no raid) disk (W98) by
> removing the middle memory. It seems the slot is at fault, not the memory
> itself. Strange.

Yes, that is odd. If you have a ( smallish ) soldering iron it may pay to remake
the joints for the memory connector. DO be careful about anti-static precautions
btw. And wear cotton clothing only, it won't build up static on yourself.


> Now trying to get the RAID working but using Recovery Console from my CD
> CHKDSKsays the disk has 'unrecoverable errors' so back to the drawing board
> again!

I don't think a RAID disk is formatted the same way as Microsoft likes it. That
would explain it.

Graham

Is there anyone around who can go through one of these boards and
replace capacitors w/good ones and generally put it back in shape?


--
Ron Marraccini

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> my old board seems to have died and I wondered if it is possible to use my
> RAID drives on another setup without losing all the data etc. Would a new
> raid system read the old Highpoint raid.
>
> Thanks in anticipation,
> Dave
>