New Here and have problem :(

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Hi guys n gals I have an ASUS P5K se epu that Id like to throw into a wall
I have tried to install win7 on it for my son but the sata drive ..have tried two of them arent seen in boot order i get master drive failure all the time the drve installed on an old amd platform mobo no problems is there a way to get past this ive tried a regular ide drive but it kind of takes forever to load in do these boards have a problem with the marvel controller ive tried many bioses thinking that was it even ahci but nothing works is this just a lemon? btw the one time win7 got to load it didnt see the drive do i need seperate drivers at that point to see the drive? I fear tho that the drive itself wont be seen anyways altho it shows up in bios it isnt passed along past that point

thanks
Sheldon