X8DTH-6F system freezes when using SAS and SATA raid configuration together.
1) Boot computer with no hard drives - Asks for system disk
2) Connect SSD RAID 0 to LSI SAS on motherboard (2 drives)
3) Activate volume in SAS menu
4) Boot computer to Win 7 OS (NO PROBLEMS)
5) Reboot computer to BIOS menu
6) Turn on Intel RAID SATA
7) Save settings and reboot
8) Computer freezes during initialization. Here is the sequence: (Supermicro Logo; LSI/SAS Screen; BLANK SCREEN [Frozen])
Due to limitation of Option Rom, users are only able to select either use SAS or Intel raid controller. Intel Raid Configuration use up a lot space on Option Rom which causes LSI Raid utility not enough space to invoke its driver.