WD6400BPVT SATA hard drive in Satellite A100 LE1(E) not recognized by latest BIOS

I recently purchased a WD6400BPVT (640GB) 2.5" SATA drive to replace the original 80GB drive. I have updated the BIOS to the latest version (2.30). With the new drive installed the system hangs on the splash screen when the BIOS tries to recognize the drive. I can not even enter the BIOS. If I put the old drive back in, the system boots fine again. I know the new drive is good because I have installed it sucessfully in an A100-0FH (also with the latest BIOS - vesion 6.00 without issues.
I tried Toshiba techical support in Canada and all they could tell me was to install SATA drivers. I tried to explain to them that the system does not get to the OS, so it is impossible to do so and it would not help in any event. Then they wanted me to pay for service since the system is out of warranty. I asked if they would refund my money if they failed to "fix" it, and the lady said "no". When a BIOS upgrade is required no technician willl be able to fix my problem. When I declined to pay the lady just hung up on me. So much for service.
I am trying desperately to bring this issue to Toshiba's attention. I know a simple BIOS update will fix it. If the WD640 does not work, which other drives will not work? How many drives to I have to buy to try to find one that works?
I have 5 Toshiba Satellite notebooks in the family, one that had to go in for warranty repairs twice. They followed up to make sure I was happy and I have been a very happy Toshiba customer so far. The treatment I got from technical support in Canada francly sucked. I am hopinng that someone withing Toshiba will read this and pass it to their BIOS people and then e-mail me an updated BIOS that will recognize my drive. Failing that I would at least hope for a list of large 2.5" SATA drives that my A100 LE1 will recognize.
Thank you.

Thx lorddethstalker.
I dropped the original sticks of RAM back in. Same error with TOSHIBA Recovery Wizard. Same apparent dead end with System Recovery Wizard. I get to System Recovery Options where I do not see the Vista operating system and am instructed to load drivers for the hard disk--but do not know what I am supposed to load from where.
I also do not know what I should expect to encounter in the context of a new SATA drive + Toshiba recovery disks. I sort of expected a plug and play scenario, plug in the new hard drive, boot to recovery disks, format new hard disk and install OS. How do I determine the drivers I should load at the System Recovery Option screen, and/or what should the "normal" sequence of events be with new SATA?
Gracias.

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