SATA 3 6Gbs Western Digital 1TB hard drive not detected AT ALL


  1. Posts : 61
    Windows 7 64-Bit
       #1

    SATA 3 6Gbs Western Digital 1TB hard drive not detected AT ALL


    Hard Drive:
    Amazon.com: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop Hard Drive Bulk/OEM - WD1002FAEX: Electronics

    Motherboard:
    Newegg.com - ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard


    I correctly connected the Hard Drive to SATA3_1, my second hard drive being a Seagate 360GB connected to SATA3_2, and my CD Drive being connected to SATA3_3. SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 have nothing connected to them.

    I've tried connecting the Hard Drive to SATA3_5 and it didn't change a thing.


    Places I've checked:
    BIOS - Checked the boot section for any hard drives and even Storage Configuration. Nothing.

    Windows 8 installation menu - It doesn't show up there, only my hard drive and the other partition.

    Windows 7 Computer Menu, doesn't show up there. Here's a screenshot.

    Windows 7 Disk Management, It doesn't show up there. Here's a screenshot.

    I even checked Device Manager, not sure what good this will do you guys.


    OP said:
    Possible problems:
    It came with no jumpers on the pins. But it says put pins into yada yada for PUIS and yada yada to limit it to 3GB/s.

    Maybe I have to change the SATA mode? It's in IDE mode right now. I can change it to RAID/AHCI but I have no idea what that is.
    Also, I don't hear it spinning. It's supposed to be a loud hard drive..
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  2. Posts : 3,133
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
       #2

    I have a WD 1Tb SATA III HDD and you can definitely hear it spinning.
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  3. Posts : 61
    Windows 7 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    LittleJay said:
    I have a WD 1Tb SATA III HDD and you can definitely hear it spinning.
    That's odd. I guess I'll just get a refund on this HD
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  4. Posts : 3,133
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
       #4

    Getting a new HDD that is DOA is unusual, but not unheard of. I have 6 WD HDD's and have never had any problems with any of them.
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  5. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #5

    Most spinners will make some kind of audible noise if listen close, and you also should be able to feel a difference by touching the drive from powered-off state to powered-on state. If you can verify that the power is connected properly and working to the drive, and you hear and feel nothing when you power it on, I'd go with the return/RMA route.
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