P55A-GD65 SATA III

Need some advice on a new build with the P55A-GD65 board.
The intention is to use a SATAIII WD drive as the boot drive for Win 7. Ideally I wish to get this right from the word go. The understanding is that the SATAIII ports (7 and 8) are controlled by the Marvell controller. The question really is at what stage will the needed Marvell drivers be loaded ? If the Marvell controller can only be loaded once the OS is loaded, how does one do the OS installation on these ports?
Would I have to do the original OS load by connecting the drive to one of the normal SATA II ports first and then move the drive to the SATA III port after having installed the Marvell drivers?
Also, is AHCI selection in the BIOS a pre-requisite for SATA III operation if I do not intend to use any RAID?
Your advice is appreciated.

Thanks Mark,
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You can select AHCI for a non-RAID config. AHCI offers hot swapping and native command queuing capabilities.
That part is understood. The concern is that for initial installation, the port7 and 8 which are Marvell controlled, won't be visible, thus one cannot install the OS on the drive if its initially on 7 or 8, as the BIOS does not report them. Is this assumption correct, and if so, is my understanding correct that I would have to load the OS first via a SATA II port, then install the Marvell controller drivers, and then move the drive to port 7 or 8 ?
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You say you're only installing 1 drive (non-RAID).
I will have more SATA II drives, all non-Raid though.

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I also have similar problem as you, I've recorded the problematic boot process in video, I think the video can describe better than word.
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Hello all, first time poster here. I have a new system built with the following specifications:
MSI Z68A-GD65 (I have updated the Bios once, pretty sure it is on the most recent Bios currently)
Intel I5 2500k
2 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
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I'm not famular with that RAID controller.
Some are "real" independent controllers, some are not.
Anyway, 5.9 is normal.
I have WD blue 500 GB hDDs in a RAID 0 that does much better.
Hard to believe it's only because I'm 0 and you are 1 but maybe so.
My HDtune results.
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It's not speed alone that puts HDDs in a sata catagory.
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Q1 Should I update the mb BIOS? I currently have no probs....if it aint broke....
If all is well don't do anything.
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Q2 Which SATA port should I connect the SSD to?
SATA 1-6 ports are Intel P55, SATA7 is supported by JMicron JMB363
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http://www.amazon.com/SIIG-SATA-6Gb-2-Port-PCIe/dp/B006Q4MGOM/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1368545006&sr=1-3&keywords=sata+iii+card
Although I won't make a huge amount of difference.
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Q3What do I do about installing drivers?
Allow any default drivers to install from Win7, then install drivers from the mb disc (starting with chipset drivers), then update them with the latest from MSI. Or what?
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Once all of the drivers are install, I connect the internet and let it update.
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I emailed Toshiba regarding this issue and this is their reply:
Hi!
"On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Contact Us <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Tor
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Dave The Newbie,
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