Samsung SSD 840 Pro 128gb not detected

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Just finished my first gaming pc build and when i tried to install windows 7 it couldn't detect my ssd drive. The drive isn't detected in BIOS either yet the sata and power connector are connected correctly. my optical drive works, any help?
 
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Now, retry to see if the SSD is detected, if not, try another SATA 3 6GB/S port on the motherboard to ensure it is detected...
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I would reconnect the SATA 6GB\s cables to the 840 Pro and then retry, you may have not connected it correctly.
 
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I've connected the ssd drive to the SATA 6gb port and the optical drive to the 3gb port. I have checked and double checked the connections and the ssd drive is connected to the motherboard. i used the SATA cables that came with the motherboard.
 
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Now, retry to see if the SSD is detected, if not, try another SATA 3 6GB/S port on the motherboard to ensure it is detected. If not, RMA the SSD or the motherboard.
 
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red_racoon

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My bad, i had the white SATA cables plugged into both the ssd and optical drive instead of one of the black cables for the ssd which has a different head. it's working now, making quite a lot of noise but i'm assuming that's because windows 7 is now installing xD
Thanks for the help
 
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No problem, it is the Optical Drive spinning from the Windows 7 installation disk.
 
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