MSI K8T Neo Motherboard not recognising HDD

G'day all. I have recently bought various computer parts to install them myself. I installed them reading the instructions to the letter. Below is my system.
AMD64 3000
MSI K8T Neo
GeiL Twinx 1GB (2x512MB)
Seagate 160GB SATA HDD
Pioneer Multiformat Burner
Sony DVD-ROM
1.44MB FDD
I started the system up for the first time, and on the startup DOS style, 'BIOS not loaded', comes up. Then, it comes to the bit where Energy symbol is displayed. I hit F1 to go to setup. And looking at Primary Master, there is no HDD listed. I have the two cd/dvd drives on IDE2. leaving IDE1 open. The HDD is plugged into power and the orange SATA cable is plugged into Serial1, and ive tried it in SATA1. No luck. Also, Im curious as to why my FDD's light is on constantly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im pretty sure once I get the HDD recognised, I load windows xp and its pretty much smooth sailing from there. Thanks in advance.
Chimera

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Originally posted by Chimera
Alright! It recognised it  . Yes, the FDD cable was upside down ! And the instructions everyone gave me were accurate to the letter. No my keyboard is PS/2. But who cares now, Ive loaded windows, formatted HDD, got every possible driver loaded. And some games too! Im off to play my new system, ahh 1GB of ram wif an X800. Thankyou very much to everyone who took the time to help me.
Maximus thankus!
We were glad to do it! When build as many computers as we all have you run into just about every foible.
We have all had our    moments despite experience.
Now if someone can give ME a simple solution I will party with you. hehe
Ian

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