Move RAID 0 from ICH5R controller to Silicon Image on IC7-MAX3

I'm looking into moving from RAID 0 to RAID 0+1 on the IC7-MAX3
motherboard. This requires moving from the ICH5R controller to the
Silicon Image controller. In doing so, I'd like to avoid having to
reinstall everything. Does anyone have experience with doing this? Is
it possible to just unplug the drives from the ICH5R and plug them into
the Silicon Image controller?

 

the bios is completely different between the two controllers so the raid
will most certainly not even be recognized when switching from one to the
other. the only way I can see you not having to reinstall stuff is to
enable the raid controller you are switching to if not already enabled,
installing drivers for that controller so the OS will have them to enable
seeing the controller, then doing a disk image style backup, converting the
raid over to the different controller (cabling, raid stripe setup, etc.),
then restoring the disk image to the new raid.

that would be my approach...