Using Intel RAID BIOS... Advice?

[Methanoid]

Might seem a simple question

Z68 mobo with 2xIntel SATA3, 4xIntel SATA2 (plus 2xMarvell SATA3).

Not gonna use Marvell for boot array (for reasons irrelevant to this)

If I enable RAID in BIOS then *all* my Intel ports become RAID. I only want 2xSSDs on SATA3 for RAID0. How can I then use the other ports for non-RAID HDDs? Is it as simple as marking them as single JBOD disks? What about DVD-Rom? Will that work when RAID BIOS enabled?

 

[PistolPete]

Any drives set to RAID mode that are not in an array will be seen as AHCI drives.

Never had any issues with optical drives either.

 

[Methanoid]

Thanks, just ordered a 2nd SSD for RAID0