GA-890FXA-UD5 AND SSD

[autotech]

Good morning all I have a question about the above motherboard earliest revision, and the following ssd hard drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-148-348&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=100&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

Now i know how to read and know somewhat how to set the bios the reason i am asking because i have only used 2 gigabyte boards and the bios is a bit different than what i am used to and i dont want to have to do this twice.  The difference being the sata 2 and sata 3 cettings in bios. I need to run the above hard drive is achi mode in sata 3 port and a dvd write and spare hard drive in sata mode or ide mode whichever is best from the sata 2 ports.  So i change sata 3 to achi before install and leave all other drives unhooked? till after then set sata 2 to  sata and hook in other hard drive and dvd writer.

Am i missing anything?  Thank you for any input your thoughtfulness is much appreciated. F4 bios btw

[absic]

Hi there,

The SATA2 and SATA3 settings can be made independently. So you can safely set SATA3 to AHCI for your SSD and the SATA2 to IDE for your DVD/CD writer and Spare HDD.

There is no need to make any changes after installation of the OS and you can attach the DVD/CD writer before install. I would suggest attaching the spare HDD after you have installed the OS as this prevents anything being written to it during the install process.

[autotech]

Thank you absic knew of the seperate bios settings is why i asked better to do it one time right than 3 times wrong.

[absic]

As you say, always better to ask. That's how we all learn!