MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate

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I just bought this a month ago but didn't have time to put it together till now. I am using the following:

Intel Pentium G3258
MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate
16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz
MSI GeForce 650 GTX TI
Hitachi Deskstar 1TB

I can't get it to recognize the HDD. I read on the site that I need to install drivers before it can read the HDD. Does that mean I need to get an SSD before it would recognize the HDD?

http://us.msi.com/faq/mb-1211.html

Also, I'm having issues where the board doesn't seem to reboot. I've read that doing a bios update fixes this for other manufacturers/different motherboards. What are the chances it will do this for me?

Right now I don't have an OS installed. I have been using memtest 5 to test the components. It runs through the test in about 6 hours and 50 minutes. When I run it with other ram modules it's about the same. Only off by about a minute or two. I thought there would be a bigger difference between DDR3 1333 and DDR3 1600 but I guess its more about how much space is there? It runs in about 2 hours on 4GB single stick. Guessing that's pretty normal?

I'm asking because I need to know if I should return this to the store before the store return policy expires or if I should try to do all these configurations and hope for the best.
 
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Tradesman1

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Yep might want to update the BIOS. It should see the HD (otherwise you can't load an OS on it which you should be able to do, might try a different SATA cable and/or SATA power connector to the drive. If still problems can test the drive by plugging it into another rig. If it sees it, I'd return the mobo while you can and if me, would get a different brand of mobo
 
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It doesn't see the hard drive. I have an SSD from my work computer. When I plug in an SSD, i t sees it on the BIOS. It also sees the DVDRW drive I have in there. I can't format my work ssd for this though. Doesn't seem to recognize normal HDDs unless both Deskstars are bad. I tried three different cables.
 
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That's weird. It does then it doesn't. It did when first put it in, the motherboard recognized it but then it didn't after a single reboot. I think that drive is busted though. The single high buzz followed by 5 low buzzes I thought were post codes on my new computer are actually coming from that drive I believe. I heard it while I put it in my old computer. It also stopped recognizing it after reboot so there are a lot of red flags. Unfortunately for that drive its been a month and a half and so I can't just return it to the store for an exchange.
 
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