Windows won't read my HDD?

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baylx

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I just built my new rig with these parts;

Intel i5 3570k lga 1155
Asus p8Z77-v lk
Corsair hx 650
Cooler master Evo 212
Western digital 1TB caviar black

I put my build together and have everythig in the case and good to go, but my bios says that my only SATA connected storage Device is a 0.0GB hdd. I was wondering it this was a HDD malalfinction? Or some dumb user error I doing? Is there drivers that need to be updated or what?

Note: I am trying to install windows 7 home premium 64bit

I would appreciate and comments, and helpful tips! If I need to RMAy hard drive please tell me ASAP!
 
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One of the gray ports, because they are a sata III ports, but the blue ones work as well. There are no drivers at this stage. You will need the so called F6 driver to install windows, but the disk has to show up in bios first. Teh only thing in...
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Ill try a different power connector on the psu in a bit when I get home. And I tried almost all of the Sata ports, does it need to be in one of the 2 grey Sata ports? Or one of the four blue ones?

I'm new to building computers, so please excuse me if I sound "Noobish". Is there any other settings I need to change on my bios? Or any drivers that need to be updated?

 
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One of the gray ports, because they are a sata III ports, but the blue ones work as well. There are no drivers at this stage. You will need the so called F6 driver to install windows, but the disk has to show up in bios first. Teh only thing in bios is to set the sata mode to ahci.
 
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baylx

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Yeah! It turns out the drive is bad internally. DOB's are more common than I though apparently. Anyways, I got windows installed, and everything's going great! Thank you guys!
 
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