I have tried at least 2 PCIe slots.
Haven't looked for a MOBO Bios update yet, I'll try that. Really nervous about the Controller bios update though, because the last time I Tried to get a similar LSI raid card to flash to IR mode i had to give up after nearly 10 hours of trying.
I currently have a bootable CD(ESXI installer), and 2 bootable HDD's installed (Win7 and ESXI).
When the RAID card is connected my system will freeze at _ and indicate it cannot boot (insert a system image) if booting from the CD
If booting from the ESXI partition it loads almost...