IDE drives not being detected

Yesturday I built a computer from all brand new parts listed in my sig. However, the motherboard can't seem to detect any IDE drives. It is not crashing, it just says 'None' on the 4 IDE devices. I even tried connecting just the one DVD drive as the primary master on IDE 1 (blue part of IDE cable going into MB and the end going into the drive, middle connecter left open) and it still couldn't detect the drive. I've made certain the IDE cable is the correct way round (it doesn't go in any other way), and i've used a different IDE cable that I know works, but still the MB cannot detect the drive. The drive's jumper is set to Master (i have also tried cable select). JBAT1 on the MB is set to "keep data".
I have seen some odd behaviour that may shed some light. When I do not connect the IDE cable to the drive (so it only has the power in it), the lights come on and the DVD drive tray can open. But when I connect the IDE cable to it, the lights do not come on, and you cannot open the tray, as if there was no power to it. I asked my cousin and he said it sounds like the device is being earthed. Is that possible with an IDE cable?
The second thing I noticed was everytime I started the computer with a cold boot (ie. power down then power on as opposed to reset), it said "CMOS checksum failed - Defaults loaded". I thought this could have been a battery problem so I replaced the battery with a new one of the same model, but it is still resetting the defaults.
Apart from failing to detect the IDE drives and CMOS checksum errors the MB seems to be alright. It correctly identifies the CPU and the amout of memory. The back plate diagnostic connecter that came with the MB says everything is OK.
Any ideas?

Hi guys, thanks for your replies. Its been a busy week and I hadn't got a chance to reply myself.
I've been using the computer for a few days now. Sometimes the drives fail to detect and BIOS defaults get loaded again, but I just loosen some of the screws that hold the motherboard to the case and it starts working again. I am very concerned about this broken wire. It defintely looks like a dodgy board and I am not happy with its unreliability. Check out the pics:
Board (its on the top right)
Close up
I think Ebuyer are gonna be a pain to get this returned to them. I have a feeling they are just going to throw me to MSI support to get it repaired or replaced.
If anyone knows anything about this wire please let me know . Thanks!

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