4TB Drive not recognized on Z87-G41

Hi folks,
This is an Ubuntu box that hosts VMs and serves as a NAS. I'm trying to get it to recognize some 4TB WD Red NAS drives, and they only show up as 3TB, even in the BIOS! So I don't think this is OS-level.
Specifics:
  - Ubuntu 14.04
  - Installed Windows 8.1 on another HD to update the motherboard, so that's available for troubleshooting.
  - MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate motherboard
  - Processor/RAM: Intel Core i3 4340 @ 3.60GHz, 1x8GB Crucial DDR3 1600.
  - I've got four of these hard drives, 2 retail and 2 OEM. ONE of them, ONCE, showed up as 4TB in the Ubuntu disk manager, then after a reboot, switched back to 3TB.
Things I've done:
  - Updated to latest BIOS (v1.7), which claims to have improved 4TB HDD capability. Still showing up as a 3TB drive in the BIOS menus.
  - Formatted the drive with a GUID partition table in Ubuntu, Windows 8 and via a GParted boot disk.
  - Installed an IO Crest SI-PEX40064 SATA card. Reviews claim this thing recognizes 4TB drives, but again they show up as 3TB.
I'm getting desperate here. Can anyone help me?

Thanks for your replies.
@Nichrome:
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Have you tried connecting only a single drive and see what is the amount recognised? Also did you use SATA II or III cables?
I hadn't tried just the 4TB drive; I had been doing OS + that. Just tried the drive alone, issue persists. I've been using SATA II cables, but I've got a couple of new SATA III cables sitting around so I opened that and used it -- no change there, either.
@Bernhard: Quote from: Bernhard on 13-July-14, 23:40:05
The BIOS 1.7 states quite clearly, "Improved 4TB HDD Compatibility."
That's what I said in the original post... not sure what you mean by this.
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How did you flash your BIOS and did you do a full CMOS clear after the BIOS flash?
I updated via the Windows downloader/installer GUI. After a restart, I relaunched it and confirmed that BIOS was up to v1.7. I hadn't cleared the CMOS, so I just did it (power off, short the jumper indicated in the manual, power back on). It certainly said all settings were cleared, although I don't know whether that's what you mean by "full" CMOS clear.
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If all that fails, then you need to contact MSI technical and tell them your config (drives used) so that they can ascertain the problem.
Sounds like that's the next step.
Thanks again guys. Please let me know if you think of anything else I could try while I await a response from support.

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