So I’ve been trying to upgrade my Matrox Rtx2 to something with more muscle – the Matrox Axio LE. Well I ordered the wrong card (I got the PCI-X card) and I sent it back to B&H to get the PCI-e version.

Well in the process, I had to replace the motherboard so it could accept another PCI-e 4x card. Well when rebuilding the motherboard I think I friend my RAID controller.

So I went and bought another one – a cheapy generic RAID card for $20. Then I read that RAID controllers are very picky and the data may not be viewable with other RAID controllers… that freaked me out. First I hated to waste $20… I’ve spent enough money… and secondly – a Siig Raid Controller was going to cost me a whopping $58!!! And honestly the original Siig card was pretty much a cheapie – it wasn’t anything special.

Well I read some more about the generic card and it said it had a SiliconImage chipset – the same kind as the original Siig card I had. So I crossed my fingers and waited for the generic RAID controller to arrive.

Today – after all my concerts, there it was: the box with the generic card. I unwrapped it and popped it in, knowing that even if it was compatible I had a 50/50 chance of the card not recognizing the RAIDed hard drive (because there’s two cables and they have to be in specific ports for it to work).

Well, SUCCESS!!!! The RAID drive popped up and there as my data – just like a week ago.

I set my computer to backup four critical projects in case something weird happened. It’s doing that right now…

After all the crap lately, it’s nice to have a minor victory.

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