ok so i finaly got my GA-970A-D3 to recognize my adapted 3405 raid card, the details are in this post.
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,6343.0.htmlnow my problem is that i cant get it to boot from a windows drive while attached to the raid, unless i have my windows install disk in the drive, and i choose for a cd boot.
windows then tell me "press any key to start the install cd" and if i dont it boots the windows install on the hd attached to the raid card for me, and that allows me to get into windows.
if i attempt to boot from the raid card which is and option in the bios now that the card is being recognized. i get a "loading operating system ..." and it hangs there forever,i have checked the boot order in the card setup itself and everything is good there. i am just not sure if this is a motherboard issue or the card itself, i have a ticked open with adaptec on the issue but figured i would post here in case there is some bios option i am missing that you guys know of.
thanks for your time