MSI 845 Ultra-C and Western Digital WD1600BB

Hi!
I've got a problem with a MSI 845 Ultra-C based computer.
It worked before but there were problems with it's HDD and I wanted to install a new and bought a Western Digital WD1600BB. I connected the IDE drives like this:
IDE1: Western Digital WD1600BB (Master)
IDE2: Samsung Combo drive (Master) and the Other 80GB HDD (Slave)
The problem is that it doesn't detect the combo drive. When I push the button on it tha tray opens and everything looks nice except the bios. Before that the 80GB HDD and the combo worked well.
What should I do ? I would like to know if this motherboard can handle 160GB HDDs.
By the way this is my neighbours PC so please answer quickly if you can.
THX

http://www.msi.com.tw/html/products/mainboard/testreport_pdf/6566/hd.pdf
120 gb was biggest they tested so 137 may well be largest

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