845 ultra. Onboard raid problem

Hi, i have a 845 Ultra Mobo.
I follow the raid guide and i can´t see bios screen to setup raid.
i connect my hd to IDE 3 as single (master), and never i see Fasttrack 133........ press ctrl-F.. etc
I try with IBM, MAxtor and WD hard disk. I try with 1, 2, 3 and 4 drives connected that diferent ways.
The raid is enable in bios setup to the Mobo.
Any ideas??
Thx
PD: Sorry, my english is so bad!!

i tried but dont work ;(
i dont understand why if i connect a hard drive to IDE-3 with a 80-wire cable the raid bios dont start
I never saw the mensagge "Fasttrack133 press ctrl-f..."

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