**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just wanted to let you know that it is virtually impossible to run ANY PCI/e Raidcontroller on this mobo, as long as the ICH setting is AHCI or Raid. This holds true for any Abit S775 board I have tried, these include old and new QuadGT as well as the IP35 Pro. It won't boot from HDD or CD, unless you prevent the addon card from initializing itself.
So the only solution is getting a big fat multiport addon card so you can disable onboard raid

Edit: Ace, 16.B09 Bios any good?

there is at least one Raid add-in card that works with the Intel Raid enabled and that is the Areca 1210 8x PCIe card...works fine for me...i have Intel's raid enabled and OS installed in addition to dual booting off the areca raid card...i just have to go into the bios and change booting order for the each setup.

16.b09 is ok...it has a few things which i haven't really explored but someone mentioned them back many posts ago...the one drawback: my QX9650 is locked to 9x and below...i can raise it above 9x but it does not hold once you save and re-post...the screen stays at 9x whatever FSB is cranked in...i haven't been hindered since my memory is still capable of getting to the FSB with relaxed timings.

the other item: vcore set is closer to actual, if you can believe that...LOL