OK, I need a nerd, geek or guru's help. I am stumped.
I built a computer for my MIL back in 2015 that was assembled from a box of parts I ordered from various sources.
I set it up from the beginning using the motherboard's on board BIOS based Intel RAID and set up two hard drives as a RAID-1 or mirror. All was fine until last month.
That motherboard just died. No video at all, not even a BIOS screen. I added a video card, and still nothing. My only choice was replace the MB. That motherboard is out of production and the guys that have them in stock or as used for sale want over $800 and up for them. Ain't gonna happen.
So I ordered a similar motherboard. Everything else is the same. Same drive, CPU, memory and so on. When I go to the Intel RAID setup screen (Control i) I get this:
Using Option 4, I can chose to boot from either the master or the recovery drive, but not both together as a RAID. Obviously both drives are working fine. The third can be ignored as unimportant, as I can unplug it and get it out of the way.
So my question, how can I get the RAID to use both drives as one, in a mirror again. It is pointless to have two drives and not have them mirrored. I have replaced failed drives in the past and had no issues. It would see the new drive and recover the mirror.
You can see that the RAID "need updating" and it says Recovery (onReq) which I assume means on request.
After I booted the first time, Windows wanted to be activated again, and that made sense since it found a new motherboard. I can boot from either the recovery drive or the master and it is now activated. I did some Windows updates, and it seems to update both drives. It makes me think it is working as a RAID 1, but what has me confused is why does the RAID BOIS say it needs updating? How do I get it to update?
Any other computer geeks on the board building their own computers and using the Intel RAID that is part of the motherboard?