master / slave set up

[Dan_P]

ok i just got my new system up and running. i got vista D/l evrything works like a champ. it reads my 250 gig HD with ease. the problem i am having is setting up a master ( 250 gig ) and slave ( 500 gig ) i am back to noobisum! in bios it will see it. but when i log into vista to d/l my games onto the 500 gig. it is no place to be found. this is ym set up

780i mobo
250 gig sata
500 gig sata

i have the 250 and 500 daisy chained with the power comming from the PSU, The 780i comes with 6 sata ports. what i think i am doing wrong is not being able to set it up right in bios. if anyone could help me it would be great. this is my first home build sence CPU's where the size of a 1980's pager lol. if anyone has an idea it would be great. i tryed nvidia site and there is no thread to show anyhting. i will spend some more time on google to see if i can find an answer

thanks

 

[MrLinux]

AFAK you can't "Daisy Chain" SATA hard drives, they are all Masters.
The data cable should be connected directly to the MoBo.

 

[Dan_P]

AFAK you can't "Daisy Chain" SATA hard drives, they are all Masters.
The data cable should be connected directly to the MoBo.

it was just the power that was in a daisy chain. not the sata cable

 

[blacksci]

Still the fact remains, there is no master or slave, these here are sata drives, not ide, so you dont have to worry bout that sheet. The computer is smart enough these days to know where the os is, nice isnt it ?

 

[Dan_P]

yeah... it is. even thoe my whole problem turned out to be that simple fact my 500 gig HD hadnt been formated. even thoe the all things pointed to saying it was. Oh well its all fixed now. thanks