Can't boot OS after installation on TS200 with ServeRAID card

Hi,
I have a Lenovo TS200 which I am having problems with.  It is fitted with a ServeRAID card and a single 2TB HD (configured as JBOD and set bootable).
After having installed Windows Server 2008 (which installs fine) it won't boot.  Basically it seems that the boot device can't be
found (so Windows doesn't even get to load).  Also I've had the same issue with WHS v2 so it's not specific to the OS.
BTW, during the installation of the OS I needed to add the drivers (via USB) for the ServeRAID card.
When I look in the BIOS boot settings I can see a new device that seems to have been automatically added by the installation
process.  I have tried all of the sensible boot options in the BIOS.
Another thing I have noticed is that during the continual boot cycle/loop I'm NOT seeing the Network Card or ServeRAID BIOS as I normally do as follows (as an example):
Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.27
PXE 2.1 Build 086 (WfM 2.0)
Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.27
PXE 2.1 Build 086 (WfM 2.0)
LSI MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS
Version 4.14.00 (Build Jan 29, 2010)
Copyright(c) 2010 LSI Corporation
HA -0 (Bus 26 Dev 0) ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
0 JBOD(s) found on the host adapter
0 JBOD(s) handled by BIOS
0 Virtual Drive(s) found on the host adapter
0 Virtual Drive(s) handled by BIOS
Press <Ctrl><H> for WebBIOS or press <Ctrl><Y> for Preeboot CLI
I have tried setting the BIOS back to defaults but that's not helped.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Cheers Ian

Which RAID card do you have, and what's your HDD model/type?
And of course assuming uEFI and firmwares have been updated to the latest?

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