ICG-7 Can't Shut off Silicon Controller on boot w/bois 1.7

Since I have installed Bios version 1.7 on my ICG-7 I noticed there is no
option to shut off the Silicon Image Raid controller. I now have a few
wasted seconds on each boot up while the Sil controller searches for drives
that aren't there. Am I missing something? I have looked all through the
bios settings for a option to shut off the Sil Raid controller but no luck.

TIA for any Help,

Reb

 

yes, there is a way to disable the SI controller. It is under Integrated
Peripherals and then Onboard PCI device.

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Stole the words outta my mouth!

For the sake of completeness it's possibly worth adding that if you don't
need to boot from the SI controller, you can keep it enabled in Windows, but
disable the POST startup screen simply by disabling the SI BIOS but keeping
the controller itself enabled.
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The problem is that the option for shutting off the SI Raid controller is
not available in my 1.7 bios as it was in the 1.6?
Also, how do you disable the bios boot for the SI controller without turning
it off?

Reb

 

Reb, did you see the response from me about where to find the setting?

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