MSI KT4V-L don't detect HDD

Hallo. I have a MSI KT4V-L,Socket A - MS-6712 - 8x AGP- mit Audio - mit LAN , and from bios can't detect the Hdd(IBM, 40 Gb) and my Cd rom.....the option is set on AUTO, but all I can see is NOT INSTAL.....so the MB can't detect my HDD (with is 100% functional, I use the same system as before, but with this new MB).
I’ve tried also only with the Hdd, without Cdrom, with the jumper in several position(master, auto detect..)..I've tried IDE 1; IDE2...but no results...I was thinking about a special setup, or a jumper on the MB....or is possible that the MB is unfunctional????
I'm waiting suggestions.
Tschiuß

Just finished a lot of research into the same problem. This is what's up with this. The MB BIOS polls the HDD firmware to make ID and the post continues, but with this MSI MB it wont recognize the HDD, thats because in this case the HDD sucks. I have two IBM DTLA-307045 40GB drives and the firmware for all these drives(and lots of other IBM's) are bad.These links will let you ID and Flash new firmware for the drives.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=psg1MIGR-44195&loc=en_US
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-39082#IDUtility
BUT your problems will not be completely over. The BIOS for the MB still has trouble recognizing the HDD firmware, remember the firmware for the drive didn't even exist when the BIOs was created. I flashed the BIOS on the MB to the latest revision level and it still don't like those IBM drives, even though the drives with their new firmware are now AOK. I don't think it ever will unless MSI includes the new IBM firmware ID in the BIOS.  An older product like this its not likely. If we want any kind of reliability we are going to have to get new drives/MB or both.

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