Quote Originally Posted by jonny_ftm View Post

Look at your serial number on the outside of box, if it is 77xxxx... format or before, you're stuck.
Only 78xxx and later are ok
You're wrong. My board starts with a 76xxx serial, and has no SATA issues. I've run Seagates and Western Digital SATA 3.0 drives in multiple RAID configs, no problems.