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Salamander 2
02-17-2007, 04:28 PM
I just finished putting in all the hardware in my first build, and turned on the power. It fired up, showed the bios screen just fine. In the bios, it is showing my bunrer and DVD rom, but it does not show my HDDs. Is this because I haven't installed on OS and formatted them yet? Or should they still show up in the first boot up?
Oh yea, it's a Bad Axe 2 mobo.
ripken204
02-17-2007, 07:21 PM
make sure the cables are plugged in for the hdd, sata cables and sata power cables. they definetly will show up in the bios...
tuskenraider
02-17-2007, 09:10 PM
Also make sure all your master/slave jumpers are configured correctly for any IDE devices.
Salamander 2
02-18-2007, 05:33 AM
Also make sure all your master/slave jumpers are configured correctly for any IDE devices.
The only IDE device is a DVD ROM. I installed it without changing anything. It shows up.
Try just having one of them plugged in, after this try both (or more) and see if the same problem exists. If there's still a problem.. then.. I'm not sure, but make sure the power/etc cables are ALL properly inserted. Also, check the HDDs for jumpers and configure them as needed.
Salamander 2
02-18-2007, 12:54 PM
I got it resolved. Thanks for the tips.