Do EP45-UD3 MBs support SSDs?

Hi All,
I'm having trouble trying to install Windows 7 (64 bit) onto an A-RAM
SSD Ultra II 60GB solid state drive.

My Motherboard is an EP45-UD3 with bios ver f9 (01/27/2010)

I have the SSD on SATA slot 0 and a DVD on slot 3.
ACHI is set ON in the BIOS.

When booting the SSD gets an error message regarding SMART error, but
carries on.

When trying to install Win7 64 bit, when you get to the part where the
install asks "Where do you want to install Windows?" There is no drive
available to be selected. If you click on "add a driver" it allows you
to see the SSD, so it is there.

So my questions a
Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
Have you been able to fix it?
Is my board too old to accept an SSD?

The SSD works perfectly when another HDD is the boot device. I am able
to place paging file on the SSD.

I just don't seem to be able to install Windows7 on to it.

any help appreciated.

cheers
Gorby.