8k5a3+ "disk failure" and "plugged disk detected" warnings

[pgudge]

When I boot into windows and go to the Disk Management to signature the two new discs the process fails, and I get a error and then the HighPoint Raid Management Software returns an error

Warning

Disk Failure at Controller1, Channel1, Master

and also

Warning

Plugged disk detected (Controller1, Channel1, Master)

I have tried having just one drive connected, on both Master and Slave, but still no luck what so ever.

Both drives appear fine in the BIOS, and are both IBM 180GB drives, brand new, nothing on them, I am using Rounded ATA 100-133 cables. There is also a 2GB western digital on the standard IDE channel the has the OS on it.

I currently have Windows XP on , but the exact same errors appear in Windows 2000.

Hope someone can help.

[pgudge]

Oh dear, just had note that the Epox 8k5A3+ only supports drives upto 137GB

I'm gunna try a new BIOS on it, and see if that helps.

Thanks anyway