Success!

Have just installed the new motherboard (a trial in itself as there are lots of pluggy in type things that dont appear to do much, I remember having a nightmare when I built the thing!) and it has booted successfully.

Now I have an electronic buzzing noise to sort, I have probably plugged something in wrong (nothing major I think).

Well done, long may it last! :ok:

SD

Ta Saab

Buzzing sorted by the simple expediant of pulling the speaker. Probably not the correct thing to do but I will see how it lasts.

The downside is that both dists in the RAID (mirror) are fried, cant get any data off.

Is that HW or SW RAID?

Saab

Its a SATA Raid Mirror. One of the disks had died.

So whatever took the MB out also killed a disk. The MB is dead as the PC wouldnt even boot with the raid disks disconnected.

I have switched off the RAID in BIOS and I am now running a single SATA data disk alongside the IDE system disk. Will have to save up* for a couple of replacement SATA disks and rebuild the RAID. All is well for the time being.

Thanks for your help chaps, much appreciated.


* for save up read convince Mrs Fence that it is vital that I buy them. Having recently invested in 1TB of Network storage and a new motherboard and DVD RW drive. I'll placate her with handbags and shoes :}

Ah, the Imelda Marcos Gambit! ;)

SD