K8T Master 2 wont support SATA hard drive

I have a 200GB Serial ATA hard drive and the motherboard will not recognize when the drive is plugged in. Right now I am running a 40GB piece of poop. Help is needed.
-Coldfire

Okay...flashed up to the BIOS v1.35...using a usb fdd...and it worked!  The flash did anyway. Didn't help with the SATA problem. SATA controller enabled in BIOS btw. Switched hd from SATA power connector to legacy molex...no change. I noticed during the POST when I get the "Scanning Devices...Press <tab> to enter User Windows." screen...I noticed I get the Hardware Initiate Failure Press <g> to continue as above...but then mine also says "The BIOS does not installed." I guess they mean the SATA BIOS isn't installed....but yet it shows the VT8237 RAID/SATA controller banner across the top when all this is happening. Why me? It took me quite some time to save up enough cash to build this system...that's the reason for the older parts like the 240s. I work too much to have time to ship this thing back if MSI says RMA the damn thing. I currently have MS-7030 with a Sempron 3100+ 64bit and a MSI NX6600GT-V128 running too...I like the MSI stuff...but this 9130 is getting to be a pain in the rear. Please help. If I have to install WinXP 64 on an IDE drive...I think I'll just save up for another board...I want my OS on a SATA drive.
Also noticed something in the manual....9130 only supports SATA I ....my WD is SATA II. Drive should be backwards compatible right? I'm grasping at straws here. Thanks.
And Bas, you da man! And yes that is flagrant flattery for help.

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