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So here is what I have right now. SSD and Optical plugged in to Port 0/1 set to AHCI, HDD plugged in to Port 4 set to IDE. When I'm in the BIOS the only drive that shows up for the IDE Channel is the HDD under Channel 0 Master. If I have the SSD or optical plugged in to 0-4 they don't show up in...

Back with another question.. I recently built a computer with Windows 7 and an SSD for booting. I had the drive set to AHCI in the SATA0 port and it installed and booted fine. Once I had everything up and running I turned the computer off, plugged in a WD 1.5TB HDD in to SATA1 and...

Thanks to the both of you. I think, for the most part, I was pretty sure of what I needed to do, just wanted to get confirmation. I think I understood my mobo options better now for selecting IDE or AHCI because basically I have 6 SATA3 connections and 2 SATA2 connections and the onchip/onboard...

I apologize for what may be considered very basic questions but I want to make sure what I'm doing is done right and I don't screw anything up. This is my first PC build and I was able to hook up all my components and everything just fine but now I'm at the CMOS setup have a few questions. My...

Thanks everyone. I can't return it or RMA because I've just sat on it for the last 2.5 months while I gathered stuff for my build. I think in general I'm just not used to what is considered a standard size tower nowadays I guess. The other options that have been suggested are comparable in...

Looking for some advice. I recently finished my build of a all around HTPC, daily computer, whatever else I need it for. My problem is I bought a case, COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP, that was billed as a Mid-Tower case but for me this thing is gigantic. I bought it cause I got it cheap and I...