Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
There is a Promise controller built into that board. I also have that board, and use two 36G raptors on the Intel controller. The 74G raptors are suppose to be quicker than the 36G. If you use the Intel conttroller, and turn off any features in the bios you do not use, it will boot fairly...