Old motherboard dead DSM5.2

[hihila]

Hi,

I have DSM5.2-5644 update5 on old my ASUS AMD E350M1-I motherboard dead today, cannot turn on.  I can't find same motherboard to replace, so can I build a new intel or amd hardware then put back my six hard drives and boot XPEnoboot usb without lost my data? Any suggestion? Thanks

[rojoone2]

You can build a new system with an intel CPU, but unless you have the old 5.2.xxx PAT file, you may have to upgrade to a newer DSM version.

If your motherboard just died and there was no issue with your disks, all your data should be in tact when you migrate.

Is there a reason why you are still using DSM 5.2 and not upgrading to 6.x or 7?

 

Here are some guides for you to look at:

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/61634-dsm-7x-loaders-and-platforms/#comment-281190  This is to select your platform/motherboard combination

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/62221-tutorial-installmigrate-to-dsm-7x-with-tinycore-redpill-tcrp-loader/  This is if you want to migrate to DSM 7.x

 

[hihila]

1 hour ago, rojoone2 said:

You can build a new system with an intel CPU, but unless you have the old 5.2.xxx PAT file, you may have to upgrade to a newer DSM version.

If your motherboard just died and there was no issue with your disks, all your data should be in tact when you migrate.

Is there a reason why you are still using DSM 5.2 and not upgrading to 6.x or 7?

 

Here are some guides for you to look at:

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/61634-dsm-7x-loaders-and-platforms/#comment-281190  This is to select your platform/motherboard combination

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/62221-tutorial-installmigrate-to-dsm-7x-with-tinycore-redpill-tcrp-loader/  This is if you want to migrate to DSM 7.x

 

 

Thank you for reply and guides. 

I didn't upgrade cuz don't want to lose any data  or cause any trouble to upgrade newer version unless it got trouble. 

I will buy some used Intel 4th gen cpu and MB to build new one. If I put back old boot usb and 6x 6TB drives back, it won't work?

 

If new hardware build, can I just install new DSM 7.1 with new usb loader TCRP 0.8, or I need to go back dsm5.2 first then upgrade to dsm 6 then 7? Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

[rojoone2]

I have never upgraded from DSM 5, but I can confirm that DSM 6 to 7 is simple and you do not lose any data because the data is on a seperate partition than the system files.