With respect to OverFlow, try https://web.archive.org/web/20121120174 … .com/forum
Quote: "There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A." - Will Smith
For load-testing a CR2032, I use a WiFi finder that uses one such cell. There are some LED flashlights that use such batteries, too.
Note that some laptop BIOS batteries use a different prefix such as VR that indicates a rechargable lithium cell.
Broadbandwizard wrote:"As you know, men cannot see dirt until there is enough to raise crops."
That is very quotable too!
Noting what i hope is the manual for that A8N32-SLI Deluxe board (that was a Deluxe, was it not?).
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/soc … LI_Dlx.pdf
If it was the Deluxe as i suspect, then you likely had not done any pencil mod to it since that would have been unnecessary.
For the nVidia RAID, (quote from manual) "during POST, press <F10> to display the main menu of the utility." Odd, i would have thought that would be <Ctrl+N>.
For the Silicon Image 3132 controller, (quote) "during POST, press <Ctrl+S> or <F4>".
It would seem that one should ensure the configuration is recognized on the controller it was originally installed upon.
nVidia wrote:"Make sure to re-enter your NVRAID settings after the CMOS is cleared;
otherwise, the system will not recognize your RAID setup."
quoted from linked manual above
Noting that whatever packs you used for your original installation are the revisions you should probably use for data recovery.
Be data safe!
"I have had the battery problem before and was able to reconfigure with no issues. "
It may have been some time, yet try to remember what you did then. Did you "Load the Optimized Defaults" then?
Also noting that a linux-Live disc might assist in data recovery.
Note that some RAID arrays may not be recognized or display properly by linux, so if so that is no indication that your array is pooched. It might be an alternate way to access the data though. Probably not good to write anything to the array, as it could conceivably corrupt it.
When you have finally solved this puzzle, you might be amazed to note (as i was) that Fernando uncovered that it is possible to use a much later nVidia RAID BIOS v10.0.0.35.
Fernando wrote:"Note: This NVIDIA MediaShield RAID ROM has been designed for nForce ION (MCP79) RAID systems, but can be used after a modification of the DeviceID hex code with all nForce chipsets from NF3 up.
And here are 2 "modded" nVRAID ROM modules v10.0.0.35, which are designed for the use with nForce3-250 resp. nForce4 AMD chipset systems"
quoted from: http://www.win-raid.com/t7f13-AHCI-amp- … dules.html
Of course, this entails modifying the BIOS and flashing the mod. Not for the faint of heart, or those not prepared to recover from a bad flash or bad mod. Socketed flash chips can be backed up with a "hot flash".
I only mention these things to expand upon possibilities, not as suggested courses of action.
I look forward to learning from you, as it sounds like you have much to teach.
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Oh, the Rock Opera; that was "Tommy". OK, perhaps this should never be mentioned in any, even abject, comparison with Guilbert & Sullivan. Live and learn.
Sadly, my only exposure to Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore was in Star Trek: Insurrection (so far). If you like that science fiction genre too, the following may interest you. http://www.stanford.edu/group/savoyards … n/node/115
The opening plot of H.M.S. Pinafore vaguely sounds like the love story from "Titanic". Was that one source of David Cameron's inspiration (i wonder aloud)?
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