Is RAID-0 array transferrable between controllers?

[SupaCh1nk]

I did a bad BIOS flash on my soyo k7v dragon+ board and put it out of action. Its onboard RAID controller is Promise. Can I transfer my raid-0 array from this board to a soyo kt333 ultra that has a different RAID controller (HighPoint)?

On a site note, is it normal for HDs in a raid-0 array make clicking sound when powering on for the first time?

 

[AdamK47]

You can transfer it to any Promise RAID controller, not Highpoint. You can also save that Soyo board with a BIOS replacement or a hot swap.

 

[SupaCh1nk]

hot swap?

 

[xylem]

You might want to try putting a boot disk with your flash program and tested bios .bin file in the floppy drive and turning the machine on, before you try the hot swap method. I have rectified a failed bios upgrade in that manner.

Hot swapping basically involves pulling a working rom chip from an identical motherboard and putting it in your motherboard, using it to boot, then pulling that chip out of your mo/bo and putting your chip back in while the machine is on, and re-flashing your chip.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: xylem
You might want to try putting a boot disk with your flash program and tested bios .bin file in the floppy drive and turning the machine on, before you try the hot swap method. I have rectified a failed bios upgrade in that manner.

Hot swapping basically involves pulling a working rom chip from an identical motherboard and putting it in your motherboard, using it to boot, then pulling that chip out of your mo/bo and putting your chip back in while the machine is on, and re-flashing your chip.

Thats if you can see what your doing or know how to operate the computer blind. In the old days a person could recover a bad BIOS flash and see what their doing with an ISA video card.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Actually, you still can. If you have an ISA slot and card. If not, that's what command line options are for; automatic flashing and reboot. There's a tiny non-writable part of the BIOS that immediately searches for a floppy drive and boots to it which is also what allows you to see what you're doing with an ISA card. It will also run an autoexec.bat file (if it's a DOS boot disk) so you can use options on the command line to make the flash utility automatically run.

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