K7T TURBO2 not detecting either HD (both WD)

Here's my problem...
I start my computer and it will not load Windows because it does not detect a bootable drive.
My motherboard detects both CDROM drives but does not detect either hard drive. I have the jumper settings on the HD's correct (Master - end of IDE cable, Slave - middle of IDE cable), plugged into IDE Slot 1 (using IDE cable). I've tried the following:
Setting all available jumper settings (Master/Slave)
Using only 1 HD at a time set to Master (removed other HD off cable)
Remove IDE2 (attached to CDROM drives) cable... MB detected no drives(!)
Using a different IDE cable (in case other one was bad).
The BIOS displays the correct CPU speed, RAM and CDROM drives, but it will not detect either HD. I am almost positive that I have everything setup correctly, I've successfully built my own system half a dozen times. It just seems that there is a setting or jumper somewhere that I'm missing (I removed the J17 jumper).
Could the problem lie elsewhere and the result is what I'm seeing with no detection of my HD's? It doesn't seem like my RAM would be the problem, as the system boots up fine, detects all attached RAM, but doesn't detect a bootable drive.
Here's my system...
MB: K7T TURBO2
HD#1: WD Caviar AC310200 (10GB) UATA/66
HD#2: WD Caviar WB300BB (30GB) UATA/100
CDROM#1: Samsung 52x
CDROM#2: TDK 48/24/48 CDR/W
FLOPPY: Generic 1.44 3.5'''
CPU: Athlon XP 1500 (Good heatsink/fan)
RAM: 256 PC133 (Generic)/128 PC133 (Crucial)/128 PC133 (Crucial) = 512 PC133 Total
VIDEO: Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT
SOUND: None (using built-in on MB)
NIC: D-Link 10/100
PSU: 400W COMPUSA Brand
One last note...
I used all of this hardware (MINUS THE K7T MB) in a previous system and everything worked fine together. My previous MB was a K7S5A and the reason I replaced it with the K7T TURBO2 is because I wanted a better board with more features.
I hope I've given enough details to my problem. I appreciate any help given, thank you and if you have any questions for me, I'll be checking this post often so ask away! THANKS AGAIN!!
- Aaron

I'm very close to buying another board, but the problem is, there are no other boards at my computer store that I can use. If there were I'd try one of them in a heartbeat.
I guess I could buy another board online, but my job is dependant upon my computer working, I can't wait a week while a new motherboard is shipped to me.
I know the problem is not with my board because this is the second K7T I've tried and both gave me the same error. The problem must be with a setting/jumper/other hardware component.
I've tried every Jumper combination possible, still no detection.
The exact error when my BIOS attempts to find a bootable drive (a HD to load Windows) is:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

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