Can't load XP onto SATA drive

I have a problem with a new system I am putting together.  The MB and HD are new and I do not suspect either of them to be the problem.  I formated the HD with Maxtor's program and it seems to go fine.  I can load the 6 floppies and start the CD for XP.  The HD appears in the boot sequence.  I can not find anything in the BIOS that suggests it supports SATA, even though I looked everywere.  When I try to load XP it goes OK until it asks where you want to do the installation and at that point it suggests there is no HD.  This is the only HD in the system.  Any suggestions would be appreciated because MSI support is closed for the weekend and I want to work on this over the weekend.
MSI motherboard 661FM3-V
PHOENIX AWARDBIOS 6.00PG
CELERON D 351 3.2 GHZ
MAXTOR SATA HD 80 GB, 6Y080M0
WINDOWS XP PRO
PS IS 400 WATT
RAM IS ULTRA 512 MB X 2

Quote from: bear47 on 03-December-06, 22:44:25
Tried another SATA disk and it does not show in My Computer or Windows Explorer either.  I know the new disk is good because I took it out of another working computer.  One thing though, I did not install any of the critical updates, so I assume it does not even have SP1, does that matter?
Back to the BIOS question.  One of the above replies suggested making some changes to the BIOS and those options are not there.  I tried the key combinations and they did not bring up new menu options either.  How much effect does the BIOS have on the SATA drive?  Does it need the update to make it SATA compatable as far as the options?  Sorry to be such a bother, but this is my first experience using the SATA that gave me a problem.  I put togther a system for my wife and used a SATA drive and everything was seamless. 
ensure you have running XP with SP2. and sis chipset drivers are installed.
"Back to the BIOS question.  One of the above replies suggested making some changes to the BIOS and those options are not there.  I tried the key combinations and they did not bring up new menu options either.  How much effect does the BIOS have on the SATA drive?  Does it need the update to make it SATA compatable as far as the options?  Sorry to be such a bother, but this is my first experience using the SATA that gave me a problem.  I put togther a system for my wife and used a SATA drive and everything was seamless.  "
yes they can be crucial.

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