Maxtor 80g sata drive on asusmb

[kdam36]

hi.. i recently bought a maxtor 80ggi sata drive and i cant get it to go on my pc. the mb is a asus k8n and it has 2 sata ports, iv put the raid drivers is by pressing f6 and it goes well but then usually freezes up when the mb starts to talk to the hd? the hd lights comes on and stays on and i have to restart. the hd is brand new and iv tried a few suggestions from mates but got no were