Richard Dower wrote:
I'm sure this is pure user error, not setting the bios correctly. First of
all i would disable the IDE/SATA RAID option, and also disable any IDE RAID
options that are set to enable.


yep we tried that - there are no options in the bios to set scsi or sata
which is a requirement for sata bootup, so it cannot be user error. if
you've never done a sata install on a single disk with this motherboard
then what the **** would you know?