Trouble finding IDE drives...

Hi!
I´ve search the forum and found some questions regarding this issue, but I haven´t found any solution yet. So I hope some clever guy here might have some answers.
My problem is that (almost) every time I cold boot my computer it freezes at the BIOS screen with the message "finding IDE drives". The nothing happens. I can´t go to BIOS set up or do anything. If I wait about a minute or two and then do a warm boot (i e press the reset button) everything works fine. The problem only occur when I cold boot my computer, not when the computer is up and running and I do warm boot. Could it have something to do with my PSU? Anyhow besides that my computer works excellent - but it is a bit iriitating...
Here is my setup:
Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo Platinum - MS-7030 (socket 754, Nvidia NForce 3)
CPU: AMD 3200+ (Clawhammer, SH-CG) Artic cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC
BIOS: Award 1.6 (03/07/05)
Memory: Kingston 512 x 2 PC 3200 HyperX 2,5-3-3-8
Harddisk: WD raptor 74 GB at SATA 1 (boot disk)
WD 80 GB PATA IDE 1 Master
Seagate Barracuda IV 40 GB PATA IDE 1 Slave
External firewire harddisk: WD 160 GB and Maxtor 160 GB
optical drive: Plextor DVDR PX-716A IDE 2 Master and Pioneer DVD-303 SCSI
GPU: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound: Creative Audigy 2
SCSI card: Adaptec AIC-7850
TV-card: Terratec Cinergy 600
Firewirecard: Hercules 3 firewire connectors
Smartcard reader (USB): Todos Argos Mini
Samsung Syncmaster 710T
PSU: Nexus-4090 400 W +3.3V-30A +5V-28A +12V(1)-14A +12V(2)-15A -12V-0,5A +5VSB-2,0A +3.3V +5V-150W +3.3V +5V +12V(1) +12V(2)-385W
Case: Silverstone TJ-05 with two 120 fans (front and back)
Help would be appreciated!
Sincerely,
Cunctator

Hi there,
Yes you have some point in saying that your PSU is a bit weak specially when it as 2 rails of 12v it's better to have 1 with that combined power of those 2.
But for the problem at hand, try to exchange the opticals to IDE1 and the discs to IDE2, this if you have the OS installed in the SATA HDD if not well.....
Go to a stronger PSU to, but that's only my opinion....
Be well....

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