RS480M2-IL: Drives do not power up if PATA cables are connected

I am building a system around a the RS480M2-IL and I'm having a bizzare problem.
When I plug the hard drive and DVD into the power supply and turn the system on without connecting the ATA133 connectors, the drives power up. If I connect the drives to an other system, both are detected and usable. I've tried a different ATA133 cable and using either PATA controller on the motherboard. The drives work fine and the power supply works fine, but when the drives are connected to the ATA133 connector, either together or seperately, they are unable to recieve power.
Do you know what could be causing this? The only thing I can think of is a defective IDE controller on the motherboard.

Make sure the integrated IDE controllers you are trying to use are enabled in the BIOS. You will want to put the optical drive on one IDE controller and the hard drive on the other. i.e. don't have them both connected on a single cable. Check the settings - both should be on master or cable select.

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RS480M2-IL: Drives do not power up if PATA cables are connected

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