Hi everyone,  I need help and this is my first post, 
 
I'm a gamer and I upgrade my system only when necessary.  I don't tweak or overclock.  I probably could do some OC'ing if I had better cooling.  I try not to mess with BIOS too much, just RAM settings, CPU volts, AHCI and recommended settings from this board.   I use my hardware at stock speed.  I do not use any RAID arrays on my drives.   
 
I do not have any experience with SATA III or SSD's and I just bought a Corsair SSD (Force GT 120GB) to use as my Windows 7x64 boot drive.  
Does my motherboard (132-BL-E758-A1 - Bios 82),  support a SATA III drive, do I need a firmware upgrade, or a new board altogether/controller card?    
Maybe just another case of my buying something too new for my system that forces a chain of system upgrades.  Hehe.
 
I can't really tell from searching if the sticked firmware upgrade above even applies to this old MB.  
BTW, I have not upgraded the firmware on this board ever, only periodic BIOS upgrades. I didn't even know a MB firmware upgrade was available till I bought the SSD.
 
I had installed the SSD, plugged into SATA port Zero (SouthBridge) and I saw it in bios, set it as boot drive.
I installed Win 7x64 from cd, then after the install, everything was apparently working fine.  
Then I rebooted after a windows update, and it could not find system disk. The drive would boot itself if the windows CD was in, after the pause to ask if you want to boot from CD.  I went back to BIOS and the SSD was still set as boot.  So I am stumped.
 
Is there any recommended AHCI settings I might need to set in bios for a SATA III SSD?
I don't know what all the settings mean, but most of them I have enabled concerning AHCI.  
Another thing if I do get it working do I need special windows drivers too.
 
Thanks to all who respond.
 

CPU - Intel I7-920 non OC / MB- EVGA X58 3xSLI 132-BL-E758-A1
RAM- CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB TR3X6G1600C8D / PSU - ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W 
GPU - ATI Radeon 5970 / SSD- Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal SSD 
Cooler- Prolimtech Megahalem\ HDD- WD Velociraptor 300 GB, Samsung 2 GB, Seagate 1.5 GBx2 etc
 

The E-758 does not have a marvel controller or Sata III ports.
That said the Intel Sata II ports should be usable with the drive if it is backward compatible, a question better ask at the Corsair Forums.

Hey all! Just so I didn't have to start a new thread and this is a topic I was wondering about, I am going to ask a question!  I also have the X-58 E758 board and was thinking about getting a SSD before BF3 comes out.  With that said, do SSD's not work with this board?  I havn't been keeping up with the tech so I am a little behind the curve.  I was looking to get a 128gig one from Intel based on Newegg reviews.  Thanks guys!

I have a pair of Vertex 2 in Raid-0 running W7 x64 boots to a usable desktop in 35 seconds and starts games fast too. I recommend using the Intel ports 0 & 1 with the latest mobo bios and SSD firmware.

When in doubt consult you manual but most objects on EVGA motherboards are labeled. The screen shot comes from the manual pg 23

 
This is a capture from Page 24
 

 
For best result use the Red J-Micron ports for Optical drives only or better yet if you do not need the additional ports do not use them at all and disable J-Micron in bios for faster boots.
 
GL
 

Hey thanks for the help guys! I will be ordering a new SSD before BF3 comes out so I wanted to make sure there would be no problems.  Really appreciate the help!P.S.  Do I need to get a SATA II SSD or will a SATA III SSD work?  I thought they were backward compatible as in a SATA III SSD will work correctly just not at its rated speed.  Thanks again!

 sata 3 drives are backwards compatible with sata 2 ports, no problem

If you're going to upgrade your MB (that has SataIII Ports) within a year, go with SataIII SSD.  If you want to save a few dollars, get a SataII SSD.  The Speed difference is not that much.  With my SSD sytem, I boot in 23 second to my desktop. 

See Post 7 above for best results using that board.
Best advice, I would upgrade as soon as possible to a board with sata III ports.
Raid-0 two Sata II drives preferably identical drives capacity and brand.

1. You could also try optimizing services.msc see Black Viper's guides for what ever OS you are using
2. Disable windows feature you don't use
3. optimize windows visual effects in particular method #5 but all apply and may help you

Backup your data, Make an image of your current state or create a restore point before proceeding with any of the above.
Thanks for the nice blast from the past.

All my old post/guides on this board are gone and so are BabyBalla's. I had bookmarked them and they no longer work, wish I could help more. 
If my memory serves memory and ratios were problems with this board as were multipliers and ratios were complicated to resolve fully with out guides.
The bios to resolve all the issues was never forth coming but subsequent bios enabled finer control over memory ratio & multiplier facilitated work around's. 
Too bad it's lost it was literally hours and hours of work.
 
YOU MIGHT FIND THIS GUIDE HELPFUL
or
https://forums.evga.com/Simple-X58-Overclocking-for-Dummies-m81651.aspx
http://www.xtremesystems....101-part1-1366-and-X58
Shansmi Guide Ported
 

dmann304
I appreciated all your help. I just kept it, cuz it is a stable board and still does good enough for just games.
 

There's really nothing specific in the BIOS that is going to made the SSD perform better than any other SATA II drive. I used a Corsair M4 512GB for about a year on my E758 and still using it as a game drive on my current system. So pretty much the all the same optimizations apply. You should be seeing over 250mbsec using the usual bench tools. In regards to the 'red' SATA ports, unless you need them for a DVD or you're desperate for plugging in other drives, disable them. The slow down the boot, and have far worse latency than the native black, intel ports. You've got a chip that most folks like to over clock too...

Wow ! Just read through this thread...great to see our x58's are still being used at least for games anyway.
My system just stopped talking to me this week, "disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter" and this thread popped up to me in a web search for kind of the same reasons.
I am looking to put (reinstall) the O/S onto a new ssd (replacing an older ssd) in this old system while connecting existing hdd's after install...and hoping it works:)