Ok, I popped my CMOS battery out for a short while and no dice =(
I'm going to recheck all my IDE connections like zepper said.
keeleysam : I don't know how to check that! have been looking all over my manual and don't see anything about enabling IDE and SATA in Bios >.<
blkhwk : everything is brand new, not a known working drive, but i'm assuming they are.
The Pentium Guy : Here are my specs
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
COOLER MASTER TAC-T01-EB Blue Computer Case
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (4 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ClawHammer/Hammer Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831A-RK 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100
SAMSUNG Black IDE CD-ROM Drive Model TS-H352A/BEBP
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BK
SAPPHIRE 100105U Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-ALCU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan
also had to buy a 20-24 pin PSU converter