[opensuse] openSUSE 10.3 not detecting SATA HD

When I boot up the openSUSE 10.3 DVD it takes about 30 seconds or more to load the sata_sis driver. So I'm wondering if that's broke. I've tried acpi=off, which didn't work. I've tried turning off ACPI in bios and acpi=off which didn't work. I tried the Kernel Safe Settings, which didn't work. I tried brokenmodules=sata_sis, which didn't work. I have two HD's. The primary one is PATA which is where I install the OS. The secondary HD is a SATA which I store /home. As I write this I'm on openSUSE 10.2 and all my hardware is working fine. What would change in 10.3 that would make SATA all of a sudden non responsive?