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BarryBGB, I did in fact make sure that the cable was both what it should be and that it was not damaged or loose. I am a certified PC Technician and would not make the rookie mistake of buying a 2.0 ONLY hard drive. I verified that the hard drives were USB 3.0 CERTIFIED. I even called both companies who manufactured the hard drives and verified through them that it should work.
This MOBO does use the ASMedia Drivers but I doubt this is the cause of the problem. I tried installing the drivers both from the CD and from the ASUS web site; still had the same problem. I have not tried a USB 3.0 flash drive but that is a great idea. I will definitely look into that. Thank you for the suggestion. If this still fails to give me any insight as to what could be going on, I am going to purchase a 9 series AMD MOBO and RMA this 880G MOBO.