I've got 13 drives in my array right now - 6 on the mobo and 7 on an AOC-SASLP-MV8. When I go to add a 14th drive (last connection on the SASLP) my system won't boot, requesting me to "insert bootable media, and restart" (something to that effect).
Usually this issue is because it's trying to boot from something other than the USB but I've got my BIOS setup to solve this (forced FDD, top boot priority) and the last 13 drive additions went fine.
I've ruled out the sata card by buying a chea