[Solved] SATA-300 HD not detected by BIOS... Help guys!

Hey there, I just put together a new computer and everything is working properly except the hard drive isn't detected in the BIOS...

I am using these parts:

Motherboard
EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, eSATA, RAID
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] ODE=CANLET

Hard Drive
Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200 RPM, 32MB, SATA-300
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] ODE=CANLET

SATA DVD Burner
Lite-On IHAS124-04 Internal DVD Writer - DVD+R 24X, DVD-R 24X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD+R DL 8X, SATA (OEM)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] ODE=CANLET


I don't understand what the problem is... The SATA DVD burner is detected no problem in multiple SATA channels, but the SATA hard drive does not appear when I connect it to any of them.

I have tried:
- using a different SATA cable
- tried different SATA channels on my motherboard
- tried different power cables, ensured they were connected properly

If you would like any more information that might be relevant I would be glad to supply it.

Could this be a faulty hard drive issue? Any ideas? Help is appreciated!

Only other SATA drive I have is the one with the OS on it that I'm using right now to post here, which is 6 or more years old. I'm assuming it's an earlier version of SATA... would this still work for testing?

Don't think the drive is making any noise.

sturm...

I just hooked up my other Western Digital SATA drive from this machine and it was detected right away...

Check if the bios version of the motherboard supports 1tbyte drives. You can also use a jumper to set the drive to SATA 150

I'll give that a shot tonight. My motherboard should definitely support SATA-300 though... would almost be disappointing if it worked when switched to SATA-150.

Thanks for your responses.