Problems with BIOS recognizing IDE drives

I recently built a new system around a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum board but have run into a problem. Initially the BIOS would recognize only optical drives but not my two hard drives? It did not matter where the opticals were placed, IDE Channel 1 or 2, as master or slave they would be recognized but not the hard drives no matter what configuration on Channel 1 or 2. I used different cables some I know were functioning well in my other system but still no BIOS recognition of my hdds. After much consternation and sweat I finally was able to get the board to recognized one of my hdd's on Channel 1 and the other on Channel two with one optical drive added to Channel 2. However, if I attempt to install any additional hdds on channel 1 the BIOS goes back to not finding any drives?!!! I remove one of the drives and it again recognizes my one hdd. I have finally reached my "I can't think of anything else so what am I missing" point. I have run into IDE configuration problems in the past but this has me totally stumped. If the IDE in the board is bad why will it recognize optical drives but hdds only under certain circumstances? Anyone run into this and more importantly is there any hope. Currently my system is running with my boot drive on IDE 1 and one of my extra hdds on IDE 2 with one of my optical drives so I'm up and running but terribly limited. Thanks in advance for any assistance you might provide.

Thanks for getting back to me. I'm at work but as much as I can explain at this point, my system configuration is as follows:
MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3200 socket 939
X Connect 500W PS
Primary Boot IDE drive: Maxtor 120gb Now conntected to IDE Channel 1
Secondary HDD: Maxtor 160gb drive connected to IDE Channel 2
Optical Drive: Sony 710A Dual Layer DVD drive
My plan was to install my boot hdd and a data hdd on Channel 1 and two optical drives on Channel 2 set up with the boot as master and the data drive as slave and the opticals also set up as master slave.
During my initial boot the BIOS recognized the two optical drives but neither of the hdds.
I tried various combinations including boot hdd-optical on Channel 1/data-optical on Channel 2 and in every case the MB recognized the optical drives but not the hdds. They were appropriately set to master slave so that should not have been an issue.
I'm not certain what finally made the difference, at one point I disconnected the floppy and the bios finally recognized one of the hdds. I reconnected the floppy and the hdd was still recognized. Fine so far. I installed everything and I was right back to opticals being recognized but not hdds. Removed the data hdd and the boot drive was recognized and the two opticals. Finally I installed everything in the order mentioned above and I have a working system. The problem now is if I try to install another hdd on IDE channel 1 no hdd drives are recognized. Oh, and I have tried various IDE cables some of which I know are good and the same problem comes up. This is the most perplexing problem I have ever run into!

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