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ohiou grad,

so ya think that will show up?

Currently, the IDE drive will show up but when the SATA drive is connected i cannot even now get to the list to choose where i want to install windows, because of the error message.

Should I try a smaller drive and see if it works? i'm wondering if perhaps it could have something to do with sata or ide connection?

edit: because honestly 640 is plenty, and i don't even really care i just want to be able to finish the computer at this point

Message edited by jtballer on 11-09-2009 at 03:30:42 PM

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Seems like you've been busy Jtballer. I'd probably try another SATA hard drive before RMA'ing the 1tb WD just in case. But I know there are some problems with Windows 7 and some motherboards not playing nice with boot driver 1tb+

So going for a smaller boot drive should most likely work. Good job on flashing the bios, shame it didn't solve the problem though.

Message edited by ominous prime on 11-09-2009 at 04:09:36 PM

yeah it wasn't hard, i just was a lil spooked reading that it could dead the motherboard

edit: i just ordered this one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B [...] oh_product

Message edited by jtballer on 11-09-2009 at 04:11:22 PM

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The other thing to look into if the 2nd drive does not work, I know some guys with sata drives have to set them to IDE mode in the bios or something like that, so you may look and see if your bios has those options.

Reply to ohiou_grad_06

yep, i tried that. i'm pretty sure i had it all setup right, but i will try it again sometime soon.

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ohiograd! ominous prime!

WE HAVE DONE IT GUYS!!!!!!!1

just got the 500 gb drive, hooked it up, and windows 7 listed it right away and it's installing now!

i feel like you guys are my brothers now. like we've been through battle together! the guys that helped me finally finish my first computer... i won't forget you guys!

now i just need to decide what to do with the 1 tb drive. i think i'll just try to get my money back because i don't think i'm going to need two drives.

sooooooo happy

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Lol, enjoy the new rig man. Glad it's running. You can always try to get your money back, if you ever need more storage you should be able to add other drives as secondary drives to the rig. But 500gb should last a while. Let us know how you like it once it's running.

Message edited by ohiou_grad_06 on 11-11-2009 at 10:21:28 PM

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Thats awesome jtballer, so glad you got that all thrown together and working! I'll be building my new PC very soon as well.

Reply to Kasceis

Glad it's all working now man, shame the mobo didn't play nice with the 1tb as the boot drive.

We'll be here for your next build, but I doubt you'll need us.

I'd probably keep the 1tb for storage, but I'm a pack rat.

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