Msi p35 neo, i cant install

Hello
Recently i bought a new pc (mb: msi p35 neo; cpu: core 2 duo 6750). I tried to install but when the instalation search for packages, the system doesnt see the dvd drive (it is a LG GSA-H55N), so I cant install.
Any answers will be well recived.
Felipe Cordero.

hello, My dvd drive has ide-atapi interface. FInally I can install Linuxmint 4.0, but I still want to get run archlinux, because I really like it.
Here is the list of the modules loaded by linuxmint:
Module                  Size  Used by
af_packet              24840  2
binfmt_misc            12936  1
rfcomm                 42136  2
l2cap                  26240  11 rfcomm
bluetooth              57060  4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev                  10244  0
acpi_cpufreq           10568  0
cpufreq_powersave       2688  0
cpufreq_stats           7232  0
cpufreq_userspace       5280  0
cpufreq_ondemand        9612  2
cpufreq_conservative     8072  0
freq_table              5792  3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
video                  18060  0
container               5504  0
sbs                    19592  0
button                  8976  0
dock                   10656  0
ac                      6148  0
battery                11012  0
parport_pc             37412  0
lp                     12580  0
parport                37448  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
snd_hda_intel         263712  1
snd_pcm_oss            44672  0
snd_mixer_oss          17664  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                80388  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4740  0
snd_seq_oss            33152  0
snd_seq_midi            9600  0
snd_rawmidi            25728  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
nvidia               6221648  34
xpad                    9988  0
sr_mod                 17828  0
cdrom                  37536  1 sr_mod
i2c_core               26112  1 nvidia
pcspkr                  4224  0
snd_seq                53232  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              24324  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9228  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
intel_agp              25620  0
psmouse                39952  0
serio_raw               8068  0
snd                    54660  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
agpgart                35016  2 nvidia,intel_agp
shpchp                 34580  0
pci_hotplug            32704  1 shpchp
soundcore               8800  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
evdev                  11136  4
joydev                 11328  0
reiserfs              248704  1
sg                     36764  0
sd_mod                 30336  5
usbhid                 29536  0
hid                    28928  1 usbhid
pata_marvell            8064  0
ata_piix               17540  4
r8169                  32260  0
ata_generic             8452  0
libata                125168  3 pata_marvell,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod              147084  4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
uhci_hcd               26640  0
ehci_hcd               36492  0
usbcore               138632  5 xpad,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
thermal                14344  0
processor              32072  2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan                     5764  0
capability              5896  0
commoncap               8320  1 capability
fuse                   47124  7
Are there any module for my ide-atapi dvdrom that arch doesnt load at boot??? If someone know about that I will be very happy

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    1.) Can this MB run Win 7 64 bit?
    Yes
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    2.) Will I need to find 64 bit drivers for the LAN, sound card, etc and download them prior to installation of Win 7?
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