mthsadjp_I'm assuming you connected the hard disks/SSD onto the intel controller)wait, you mean the motherboard itself and not like a SATA card or something? because if so yeah it's directly connected to the MB.
your motherboard has 2 SATA controllers. One provided by Intel via the chipset and another by asmedia. The AHCI driver you need to install depends on which controller you have the HD's installed to.
consult your manual about which SATA ports are for which controller