Samsung 850 Evo recognized in BIOS but not Windows 8.1

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I recently bought a Samsung 850 EVO 120GB for my desktop build. After hooking it up it is recognized by the BIOS but can't be found anywhere in windows (device manager or disk management). It is set to AHCI in the mobo settings. Please help! Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

edit: I'm just using it for games and not running my OS off it. I have two other OCZ Vertex 4's that work fine.
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to the community, cawnor!

I'd recommend you to change the SATA cable that is connecting the SSD on the motherboard and even try using a different SATA III port on it. Another thing you can do is use CMD's DiskPart command list disk and check if the solid-state drive will appear there: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
If it's still not recognized, I'd suggest you check if a BIOS reset will help you. You can use one of the methods listed here: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS
Keep in mind that this would get the BIOS settings back to factory defaults, so you'd need to reconfigure them afterward.

Keep me posted with the troubleshooting! :) Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to the community, cawnor!

I'd recommend you to change the SATA cable that is connecting the SSD on the motherboard and even try using a different SATA III port on it. Another thing you can do is use CMD's DiskPart command list disk and check if the solid-state drive will appear there: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
If it's still not recognized, I'd suggest you check if a BIOS reset will help you. You can use one of the methods listed here: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS
Keep in mind that this would get the BIOS settings back to factory defaults, so you'd need to reconfigure them afterward.

Keep me posted with the troubleshooting! :) Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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