Help, Abit KR7A Raid turning on problems!!!!

[churchwa]

I have the above board and the other day after years of use the computer decided not to want to turn on. It would in fact turn on for 1 second and then off again. After that it would not turn on any more unless i reset the bios and the same 1 second on off happened again. I then decided to remove all the components from the computer and remove the MB from the case, and even without the processor i would get the same result. Is this a defective MB?

The problem i have is that my HD's are in a RAID 0 array and i dont want to loose all my data, i also dont think paying abit £60 for a repair job is worth it. If i buy a new MB, will i need to make sure it has the same raid controller?

I have PC2700 ram, what is the fastest processor i can get with this ram, otherwise i will have to upgrade the entire computer and that is out of the question at the moment.

many thanks in advance for your help

 

[MkItGoFstr]

Maybe the RPM signal from your CPU fan died. Try another fan.

 

[churchwa]

Would that make the MB not turn on any more? Also it would atleast let the MB post if the fan was gone?

 

[lenjack]

Bad capacitors on the board are a possibilty.

 

[churchwa]

So i don't really feel like getting it fixed as it costs so much.

I have a new question now, if i get a diffrent MB with a diffrent raid controller will my raid 0 array mount again without any problems?

My second question is what happens if i use PC2700 Ram in a MB with a Processor that is expecting PC3200?