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I'm about 90% certain it's a conflict with the RAID card or a mobo issue when multiple PCI-E slots are in use - it's working perfectly now with the new BIOS installed and the RAID card unplugged.
As for the old hardware - I just never throw anything out, much to my girlfriend's irritation. One faulty motherboard, that went wrong out of warranty, hardly makes me heavy handed...I hope. This is the first real problem I've had in years of building PCs, I may try Asus tech support - ATI's has not been very helpful.
Well it's hardly ideal as I can't use the RAID card and the 5870 at the same time and as all my HD media is on the RAID array it renders it kind of pointless
The RAID card, though hardware, is very processor intensive so I'm thinking of switching to a more powerful card. Sadly RAID controllers are very expensive when they get good. I can't use the onboard RAID as it will only take 6 drives, which won't give me sufficient storage.
I may try Asus tech support - ATI's has not been very helpful.