Hey guys, I'm running (or, I should say *was* running) an XPC SB75G2. But, the thing seems to have died. I'm from the USA and bought the box there. I'm currently living in Indonesia. I bought the box because of it's great performance to size ratio. :-)
TWO AREAS OF HELP REQUESTED
1) Immediately, I want to get my data off my box. I have reason to believe that the drives, the processor, the memory, are all fine. I had the drives configured in a RAID mode 0 (striping) prior to the system crash. My question is, can I buy an ASUS (full size) motherboard such as the P4P800-E Dlx that supports the same memory I have in my SB75G2, the same processor socket size, and has Raid 0 and 1 support. Can I just pop my drives onto this board and be able to boot and retrieve my data? Or, is there something specific about the RAID config of the shuttle that would prevent other controllers from being able to piece back together the data that is spread across both my drives? If I can't find a motherboard here with onboard RAID 0 support (yes, I've been looking and so far no luck), can I just buy just a stand alone SATA RAID controller that would work to get my data back off my drives?
2) Secondly, I think I want to get my Shuttle box back up and going. But, overe here in Indonesia, nothing moves fast and I can't find anyone who deals with Shuttles. The core problem I'm experiencing is the total lack of anything that resmembles a "boot" on the system. When I hit the power button, there's a 1-2 second delay, then the blue power light comes on and the fan comes on in "HI" mode. But, I get no system beeps, and nothing is displayed on the video. I have changed video cards, I have tried pulling all sorts of internal components. Yet, still no system beeps, and nothing on the video. It really seems busted somewhere on the board itself. But, I can't tell for sure. If ya'll were "stranded" in a remote region of Indonesia and had a busted Shuttle - what would be your next step? I don't want to sink a ton of money into getting this going again, but I'm desperate to get my data off the drives (RAID 0 config) and get a machine going again that is working.