HDD not detected

[dbonniwell]

I just intalled a new motherboard D975XBX2 and it cannot detect the HDDs
I connected the DVD master and CD slave drives to the one IDE connector I have on the board.
I bought an IDE controler board for the two IDE Hard drives I have. One is a 40gig Western Digital (Original) Master
250gig Seagate (Just bought 1 month ago) Slave
I checked the controller card and it is seated properly in one of two PCI slots and the IDE cable to primary on the card is properly attached.
At the HDDs I rechecked the master and slave settings twice and they are ok
I have the ribbon cable end connector on Mater and the middle connector on slave, power is also connected properly.
Other things
1 The 40gig HDD still has Win XP on it
2 I put the CD in for the drivers on the IDE controler card and does not install.
3 I simple cannot find Auto detect in Bios it should be in Advanced but it is not there.
4 When it goes through its self examination a message comes up that the HDD is not detected.
I tried to reinstall Xp but it gets to a point where it is telling me that the HDD cannot be found
I am not sure where to take this can anyone please help
thanks

[street1 (RIP)]

Have you tried connecting a optical drive and a hard drive
on the motherboard IDE port,and do the same with the IDE
controller board?

[patio]

Acouple of things here...
1) How many IDE slots are on this MBoard ? ?
2) Did the controller card you bought come with a driver disk...if so have you installed it ?
3) Why not start with one drive at a time ? ? I'd suggest the primary master with XP on it to get going.
4 Then when you again have that system up and running add 1 (one) drive at a time to get it recognised and jumpered appropiately.