Problem recognizing optical drives + installing Windows

[Elemennop]

So I built my new comp today, and started it up a little while ago. Before I start, here's my system specs:

Antec Sonata w/ TruePower 380W (24A on 12v)
MSI Neo2 Platinum board
2x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC3200
Seagate 200GB Barracuda drive (set to SATA3 controller)
Asus 16xDVD/48xCD drive
NEC 3500A DVD+-Burner
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon X800XT
Chaintech 7.1 Channel PCI Soundcard
AMD Athlon64 3200+ Winchester

Ok, so I have the two optical drives in the top bay, and using the standard IDE Ribbon cable that came with the board to connect both drives to IDE1 controller. I have the basic reader jumpered to Master and the burner as Slave, and the IDE Ribbon that came with the baord even has little tabs on the ends specifying which end goes into what, and it's lined up correctly. I'm 95% sure that they are pushed in far enough, too. Now, both drives have power and open up, but in the BIOS it says the Primary IDE Channel has nothing on it. I tried to switch it to the IDE2 controller, and it still said nothing.

Also, When I try to post and start the system, it keeps saying there is an error at PXE-(some 3 digit number): error, and then says to insert System Boot Disc. I put in a Windows XP Home disc into the Asus drive, and pressed enter, and it still gave the same error.

Any help, please??

 

[morkinva]

I don't know anything about this board, but just some thoughts... Sorry if these sound rudimentary but ya never know.

Is the Barracuda set as the first boot device in the bios? If it's not in the list of boot devices then you probably don't have sata-3 enabled in the bios.

Are the IDE channel(s) enabled in the bios?

If those don't help then get the exact error message, I'm sure someone else on usenet has had this experience.

 

[Elemennop]

I'm pretty sure the IDE channels are enabled, and the HD is recognized, but it's not in the 1st Boot Device.