Maximus Formula won't boot from STST DVD burner

I have a Raid 0 array and one jbod drive on the SATA controller along
with the Samsung SATA burner.
If the SATA is not set for RAID, then the mobo can boot off the DVD
drive.
But I must use RAID mode and I bought this board for the 6 SATA ports,
did I just blow $300 for nothing?

I can boot off SATA on my old mobo but JMicron is flaky to use so I
thought I'd just buy a new mobo.
I am having a shit day here.

 

I just tried disconnecting the 2 RAID 0 drives and with the JBOD drive
and the durner alone (still in RAID mode), I can boot from a CD.

BTW, I did not delete the old RAID 0 array on the hard drives from my
old ICH7 mobo, might that help?

 

Damn, that didn't work. It wont boot from the DVD drive again.

I have the latest BIOS also.

BTW, the drive is selectable from the boot order and by using F8 also.

 

Can you believe this? While the cursor is blinking, I just need to press
the good old "any key" and the SATA DVD burner will boot.
Anyone else get thus funkiness?