785GTM-E45 SATA (AHCI) HDD and IDE DVD drive cannot be used together

I have bought 785GTM-E45, and installed a sata hdd and a IDE dvd drive on it.  the sata is set to ahci mode.  After install xp using f6 method and install all the drivers, I cannot find the dvd drive at all in windows.  I have to go into bios to set the sata ports back to IDE model to make the dvd appear again.
Anyone knows the reason?  It looks like a bios bug.  I am using the new v8 bios.

Quote from: vm1 on 06-October-09, 00:12:31
It is just annoying that this board has so many issues.  No vcore change, no gpu voltage change, v8 bios will freeze if entering processor details, and the issue in this current topic.  I have used at least three other brands' boards and never had any issue before.  Oh my, MSI...
MSI bashing is NOT allowed
>>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<
You could have read the manual before buying, then you would have known it's a cheap office board.

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