IDE HD and the BIOS -- K7N420-PRO

Hi,
My computer was running great for a long time, and then one of the hard drives stoped working. Well, when I say stoped working I mean that I can not 'see' it in windows. Further investigagion lead me to the BIOS where is is autodetected as a hard drive MUCH smaller than it is, thus not allowing it to be seen by the OS.
I have found the Sectors/PreComp/LandingZone information, and have not been able to figure out how to input it into the system in the BIOS. Not sure if there is a problem with my BIOS, or that is now a 'feature' of modern motherboards.
Any other ideas GREATLY appreciated.
-Matt
K7N420- Pro
AthlonXP 1600+
512MB Crucial DDR Ram
Intel 10/100-S network card
HD-1 IBM Deskstar - IC35L06AVER07-0
HD-2 WD Caviar - WD400BB ProLink GeForceFX-5600
MadDog 52x24x52x CD-Burner
MadDog 4x DVD-R/DVD-RW

are they jumpered right
master and slave
80 wire ide lead,blue end in the board ,black in master grey in slave
as its a bb you could try this as well as it applies to this board as well
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8133&sid=

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