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M5A97 Asus mobo with uefi bios. Went from 5/11/2011(close guess) to 10/25/2012 build

I bought a new video card and my computer wouldn't start with it in so I decided to update my bios. After I updated it gave option to restore settings or enter setup and I tried to restore settings 2x and nothing happened so I entered setup. My bios won't detect the raid now. In the bios if set to RAID, no hard drives show up, but in the ez flash tool my 2 hard drives are there with everything on them. If I use the raid utility on start up my raid 0 is there and intact. But attempts to start just ask for correct boot device and I have to restart again.

If sata is set to ahci then my 2 drives can be selected for boot but they don't show up in the ex flash settings. Attempting to start up results in operating system missing error.

Any ideas?
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Hey there, coordi!

Unfortunately, this is a common issue after BIOS updates.
Such an update is basically a firmware change. You have most probably killed the raid setup.

I found a thread that might help you: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?p=3329132#post3329132
But most certainly you will need to to recreate your array and to reinstall the OS from scratch. As for the data - I really hope you do have a backup/image of it somewhere on another media device.

Here are the steps I found in case of a future BIOS update and how it should be done:
1./ Before you are going to flash a new BIOS into the related Chip of your mobo, you should enter the BIOS and set everything to "DEFAULT". Then you can flash the new BIOS...
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Hey there, coordi!

Unfortunately, this is a common issue after BIOS updates.
Such an update is basically a firmware change. You have most probably killed the raid setup.

I found a thread that might help you: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?p=3329132#post3329132
But most certainly you will need to to recreate your array and to reinstall the OS from scratch. As for the data - I really hope you do have a backup/image of it somewhere on another media device.

Here are the steps I found in case of a future BIOS update and how it should be done:
1./ Before you are going to flash a new BIOS into the related Chip of your mobo, you should enter the BIOS and set everything to "DEFAULT". Then you can flash the new BIOS.
2./ After the flashing procedure you should power off the computer for a while (1-2 mins).
3./ As an additional security action you may clean the CMOS according your mobo manual.
4./ Then power on your computer, enter the BIOS, choose the "Optimized Settings" and set the SATA Controller to "RAID". Store the BIOS settings and reboot.
5./ Press CTRL+I while rebooting and check the integrity of your RAID array.
6./ Enter the BIOS again and do your special BIOS settings including the boot devices and HDD boot priority. Store the altered settings and reboot.
7./ Now you should be able to boot into the previously running Operating System.

Hope this helps you. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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