P5B-E to Deluxe-Matrix still work?

Ok, I'm getting a P5B-Deluxe to replace my undervolting-E. Both have the P965 and ICH8R chipsets, with Matrix RAID. If I already have a RAID setup on my drives now, will I have to reformat and re-set them up? I am hoping not, that since they share chipsets I can just hit ctrl-I at POST and the southbridge will recognize them for what they are, the Windows drivers and all that are already installed.

Anyone with any experience with this?

never tried it but you'll have to set the raid up exactly as you did on the other mobo to have a shot.

As long as you have the BIOS settings on both boards to be the same, it should boot right up.

I hope so. I planned on running them exactly as I had them on the -E board. They both have the same RAID controller and the JMicron IDE controller. Windows should see it as the same board pretty much. i was trying to avoid a re-install and phone activation. What a PITA.

I did move my Matrix raid array from Asus P5LD2-VM DH that has ICH7R to P5B-Dlx Wifi with ICH8R without any problem. Only need OS reinstallation since they're totally different mobo and gfx too. All important stuff in raid 1 volume was untouched.

I strongly believe that it will work flawlessly, even without OS re-installation since same chipset and almost similiar mobo design too.

Worked perfectly, only had to install the LAN driver and the driver for the new vid card.