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

[maxwedge]

I guess the same error (seeing only 4 SATA Channels under "Standard CMOS Features") occurs with any bios version, whether it's version 16.beta or the latest "official" bios, version 14. So: I'm back to version 16.b10 for now. And still unable to boot from a SATA optical disk, while bios is set in Raid mode.
Is anyone else running a bootable Raid 0 pair (off the Intel Raid controller)? Did you run into the same problem?
I'm thinking that maybe the Intel Raid firmware needs updating. My previous Gigabyte 865-DS3 board included a Raid firmware update as part of a motherboard bios update.

I haven't used 14 in a long time. I take it you're only seeing 1-4 with 14 as well, using raid?

Your not finding your optical drive listed by name in the boot options under '1st, 2nd and 3rd'?

You should find it by name in this list. Select the options for 1st boot device and sata cdrom is for IDE mode only.

under "Advanced Bios Features":
First Boot Device.........Floppy
Second Boot Device.....SATA CDROM
Third Boot Device........Hard Disk
Boot Other Device.......Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test....Enabled

[conzymaher]

Does this board every do the strange double reboot thing that the AB9 series did after changing bios settings?

[maxwedge]

Does this board every do the strange double reboot thing that the AB9 series did after changing bios settings?

here and there but it's normal

[vailr]

Your not finding your optical drive listed by name in the boot options under '1st, 2nd and 3rd'?

You should find it by name in this list. Select the options for 1st boot device and sata cdrom is for IDE mode only.

under "Advanced Bios Features":
First Boot Device.........Floppy
Second Boot Device.....SATA CDROM
Third Boot Device........Hard Disk
Boot Other Device.......Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test....Enabled

Thanks. Finally figured out how to get the optical drive listed by brand name.
It's kind of non-obvious why that would be required. Anyway, that enabled booting while bios was configured in Raid mode.

[maxwedge]

Thanks. Finally figured out how to get the optical drive listed by brand name.
It's kind of non-obvious why that would be required. Anyway, that enabled booting while bios was configured in Raid mode.

You're welcome. The abit boards have been that way for some time and it's even true for an IDE optical, it will be listed by brand name.