Replacing an RMA'd mobo

[perpetual98]

So I recently got a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 board and one of the PCIx slots isn't working. I'm getting a new mobo tomorrow to replace it. My question is: I currently have a RAID0 setup involving 2 SSD drives as my C: drive. Will I be able to put the new motherboard in and set it to RAID and be good to go, or will I have to reinstall Windows on a rebuilt RAID array? Wouldn't be the end of the world, but I'd rather not go through all of the install and updates if I don't need to.

 

[Emperus]

Since you are getting the same motherboard, you (most probably) don't have to do much other than set up the RAID again. Your data will remain intact.

 

[jaquith]

Intel should be as simple as enabling RAID in the BIOS. Just make damn sure it's on the SAME SATA Controller

edit: IF you used the USB 3 Turbo 'Enabled' that may have been the problem?!

 

[perpetual98]

Never heard of that. Would USB 3 Turbo enabled screw up one of the PCIx slots? My 5770 wouldn't recognize in the slot closest to the CPU, but works in the other one. I don't have any USB3 devices yet. I can check that setting in BIOS tonight.

 

[jaquith]

GA equipped with 'USB 3 Turbo' if enabled can screw with the PCIe slots, but my observations are going from x16 -> x8 and not completely 'off'. By default the Turbo should be Disabled.

 

[perpetual98]

UPDATE: Received my new motherboard a couple days ago and finally got around to swapping the motherboards today.

Once I set up RAID (and rebooted twice, weird) everything was fine and it booted into Windows. I had the 5770 in the "top" PCIx slot and low and behold, it wasn't recognized. Figuring it wasn't ANOTHER bad motherboard, I dove into the BIOS, but nothing jumped out at me.

Remembering what jaquith mentioned, I noticed that the R_USB3.0 TURBO was DISABLED. I set it to ENABLED and rebooted. When it got into Windows, the card was recognized in My Devices. After updating the Virtu software, I fired up a game a bingo, everything seems to be working fine.

 

[jaquith]

Duh - Gigabyte!? Works BOTH WAYS!!!

Glad to hear it's working!!!

 

[perpetual98]

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