Short story is: If I enable the Marvell SATA controller and set it to "RAID" (problem only happens when Marvell is set to RAID, not IDE or AHCI) it disables the two RAID 1 arrays (SATA II for BOOT & SATA III for Data) I have set up and working fine on the Intel controller from booting. The only thing that shows up in the BIOS boot preference is the Marvell RAID set. During the POST both the Intel & Marvell RAID BIOS show up, I can go in to either BIOS (ctrl I or ctrl M) and see that everything is correct but the only choice to boot from is the Marvel RAID set when I go in to the mb BIOS.
Up to this point there has been no OS involvement. If I start an install of Win7 or Server 2008 R2 (both x64) the install will see the 2 Intel RAID arrays BUT will not let me install to either array (even with the F6 Intel RAID driver). I can then load the F6 driver for the Marvell RAID. The install will then see the Marvell RAID array but Win7/2008 R2 will not allow an install to any of the RAID arrays.
If I break the Intel RAID Arrays in to individual disks (Intel SATA set to AHCI) I can then install to the Marvell RAID array but not the individual AHCI Intel disks.
Anytime I set the Marvell SATA III controller to RAID I'm unable to configure the system the way I want to.
System:
GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (flashed to F4 BIOS)
Intel I7-2600K cpu (no over clocking)
Patriot Division 2 Viper Xtreme PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) (2 x 4gb = 8gb total)
OCZ ModXstream-Pro 700 PS
(2) WD 500gb 7200 rpm 6Gbs hd (Intel chip 3.0 gb interface)
(2) Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 1.5 TB 7200 rpm 6.0 Gb hd (Intel chip 6.0 Gb interface)
(2) Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 1.5 TB 7200 rpm 6.0 Gb hd (Marvell chip 6.0 Gb interface)
I find it hard to believe that Gigabyte would design the product this way, but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanx