250GB harddisk work in MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum

Hi!
I have a pair of WD 250GB SATA2 16MB cache harddisks (WD2500KS).
Currently they don't work in my Asus A8N-SLI DLX (BIOS messes up LBA and CHS setting with them)
(smaller 120 and 160 GB hdds work flawlessly in that mobo)
So i am considering to switch to MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum.
can anyone confirm these babies would work in that mobo?
Are there any known issues with higher capacity harddisks on MSI nforce 4 boards ?
also i hear that the chipset fan is very noisy. Is that true?
The other option would be the Abit A8N Ultra which has the heatpipe design but i am not so comfortable with Abit, since there are too mayn rumors about them.
Any ideas?

not heard any thing with nvidia
there is a thing with some via
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1337&p_created=1112379341&p_sid=MZ4D46Jh&p_lva=&%20p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX<br%20/>%203Jvd19jbnQ9NiZwX3Byb2RzPTIwMyZwX2NhdHM9MTMwJnBfcHY<br%20/>%209MS4yMDM7Mi51MCZwX2N2PTEuMTMwOzIudTAmcF9zZWFyY2hfd<br%20/>%20HlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWF<br%20/>yY2hfdGV4dD1qdW1wZXI*&p_li=&p_topview=1

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It might be helpful if you created a sig (as described in the forum rules) to show what you have in your system like my sig below. (Hint- use profile button in sign on screen.)
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CBROM don't know
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hi satya123 ,
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silicon image SIL3132 controller that If there was no drive connected to the controller, the system wouldn't complete the POST
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Chip, isnt your PQI turbo memory TCCD as well?
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A lot of things could be wrong but it will be easier to figure out if we know what you did. When you say you changed settings in Bios, do you remember your last settings and what you did?
It might be helpful if you created a sig (as described in the forum rules) to show what you have in your system like my sig below. (Hint- use profile button in sign on screen.)
Things could be broken even if there is no visible evidence (such as flames or melted component) of course.
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Good luck.

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