Slightly different RAID card swap.

Well they are both pci, but they use a different chipset so no it wont work.
 
The good news is that there's about a 90% chance that your RAID1 is readable on either side of the mirror. If you were RAID0, you're toast. ProTip, don't run RAID0 unless you don't care about things like this.
 
I was thinking more and is the raid 0 a windows software raid or the cards raid? If its windows then it will work for sure.
 
Its a hardware RAID card, I was hoping at this point to swap it with the same exact model, and restore the array (RAID0) If not, no big loss. I shall miss my collection of venture bros, sopranos, simpsons, southpark, etc, but its all rerippable.
 
xenotype said:
Its a hardware RAID card, I was hoping at this point to swap it with the same exact model, and restore the array (RAID0) If not, no big loss. I shall miss my collection of venture bros, sopranos, simpsons, southpark, etc, but its all rerippable.
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Those SI based cards are soft/hardware the cpu does the raid calculations but the card handles the rest. It aint a full blown raid card as it doesnt have the cpu onboard. Also how did you manage to break the sata connector off?
 
jtg1993 said:
Those SI based cards are soft/hardware the cpu does the raid calculations but the card handles the rest. It aint a full blown raid card as it doesnt have the cpu onboard.
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So how do you suppose a swap for the exact same make/model card will work? I've got my cold spares up and running, just waiting for a new RAID card, and waiting for the same one to come in stock, besides, it was a cheap (30 USD) 4 port SATA card. :D

I crushed the connectors by flipping the tower on its opposite side to screw in harddrives, and realized i set the card down right on a shoe on my floor. I have a messy work area and the 2 of the cards 4 ports are damaged beyond repair. Painful lesson.
 
xenotype said:
So how do you suppose a swap for the exact same make/model card will work? I've got my cold spares up and running, just waiting for a new RAID card, and waiting for the same one to come in stock, besides, it was a cheap (30 USD) 4 port SATA card. :D

I crushed the connectors by flipping the tower on its opposite side to screw in harddrives, and realized i set the card down right on a shoe on my floor. I have a messy work area and the 2 of the cards 4 ports are damaged beyond repair. Painful lesson.
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Well putting the case down on it would do it, Well since the cards so cheap its worth just buying the one thats almost the same.
 
hehe, i figured. Its a massive full tower ATX case, with a 2nd PSU ducttaped on the top. Had it over many years, started with a p2 450 in there. Cheap card's plastic around the connectors broke easily. Are more expensive (RocketRaid/Adaptec) card's built any better?
 
acctually.. i have had my raid 0 arrays survive (on sil3114 chipsets) in the past.. im not saying it will work, but i wouldnt just up and hose the data without trying.. just make sure the drives get plugged back into the right slots. (0a=0a, 1a=1a, 0b=0b, 1b=1b) if you plug them in, and it loads windows.. your golden.. :D
 
thore said:
acctually.. i have had my raid 0 arrays survive (on sil3114 chipsets) in the past.. im not saying it will work, but i wouldnt just up and hose the data without trying.. just make sure the drives get plugged back into the right slots. (0a=0a, 1a=1a, 0b=0b, 1b=1b) if you plug them in, and it loads windows.. your golden.. :D
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I dont have my system on it, thankfully, but yea, ive labeled the cables with a sharpie as well as wrote on the case the scheme, in case i ever unplugged em.
 
xenotype said:
hehe, i figured. Its a massive full tower ATX case, with a 2nd PSU ducttaped on the top. Had it over many years, started with a p2 450 in there. Cheap card's plastic around the connectors broke easily. Are more expensive (RocketRaid/Adaptec) card's built any better?
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Not if you step on them :p For raid 0, you probably won't see any difference.
 
mono price sells 24$ 4-port pci promise raid controllers.. i have 3, work amazing
 
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