Sun Ultra 40 Workstation & eSATA

I am trying to add an eSATA card into my Ultra 40 Workstation and I am getting the following message:
Expansion ROM not initialized - PCI Mass Storage Controller on Motherboard. Bus:02 Device:00 Function:00
I am able to hit F1 to continue past this message but I would like to get my settings adjusted properly so that the message goes away.
I have flashed to the latest BIOS (1.6) and that does not seem to help.
Please let me know what I can do...
2 Dual Core Opteron 280's
8 GB Memory
250 GB - 7200 RPM SATA drive
NVIDIA Quadro FX3500 Graphics Accelerator
BIOS 1.6

Okay.... since no one had a solution for me I did some experimenting on my own.... Here is what I discovered...
The eSATA card I was trying to use has a Silicon Image chipset on it... I think this is where the actual problem lies... not with the bios on my Ultra 40.
I tried a different eSATA card with a VIA chipset and it seems to be working just fine. No boot errors and once I found the drivers I needed, the card is functioning just fine in the Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Vista x64. I will load also be loading the machine with Vista x86 when I get a chance.
So the bottom line is that there seems to be a compatibility issue with the Silicon Image chipset on the eSATA card and either the BIOS or chipset on the Ultra 40 workstation.
Hope this helps someone else one day.

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