Bios Doesn't Recognize Hard Drives

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Howie

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Please Help. I've just put together a new build and I can't get my motherboard bios to recognize my hard drives. I want to install Windows 7x64

Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65
Hard Drives: OCZ 60gb Agility SSD
WD Black 1tb
PSU: Corsair HX850

I have tried using different SATA cables. Plugging into different SATA slots on the motherboard. I even tried switching around where power cables are plugged.

Currently, my motherboard only recognizes my SATA BD Rom (regardless of where I plug my BD Rom SATA).

I am hoping that both my drives aren't dead.
 
What's the BIOS setting for your SATA controller? Is it set to IDE, AHCI or RAID?
 
It was IDE by default and that was no good. I tried setting it to AHCI and that didn't help.
 
You did look to see if it was detected by the BIOS right? Whether Windows detects it, is something you should try AFTER it has been detected by the BIOS.

What do you see when the BIOS is doing its POST?
 
It's the motherboard's bios that isn't detecting the hard drives (consequently neither does Windows 7).

The only thing I see is the BD Rom installed in SATA (fill in the number). The rest is set to auto but doesn't detect anything.
 
My WD doesn't seem to spin up when I boot my computer (No OS installed). Is it suppose to spin up when given power but not connected to anything?

I am trying to figure out whether it is the SATA controller on my MB that is at fault, my hard drives, or my motherboard's bios.
 
Try to connect at least one of your disks to another (known-good) computer. This way you can detect whether it is problem with your mobo or the disk itself.
 
My WD doesn't seem to spin up when I boot my computer (No OS installed). Is it suppose to spin up when given power but not connected to anything?
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Your drive should be spinning if the power is connected and the computer is powered on.
 
If you can see your SATA optical drive, then it's probably safe to say your controller is working okay, assuming your board only has 1 sata controller. It sounds like a power issue to be honest, though your PSU vs your components don't look like there would be any problems. is your drive spinning up right wne it's powered up?
 
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