Self Built Computer won't detect optical/hard drives

[Trapix]

Ok, so I plug in my Hard Drive and Optical Drives to my Mobo, add power, start it up.. and BIOS doesn't detect any of my drives!

I have triple checked every connection.. any suggestions? all my parts are brand new >.<

 

[keeleysam]

Make sure IDE and SATA are enabled in BIOS.

Welcome to the forums.

 

[fu5ion]

Try clearing the BIOS, there should be a jumper near the battery on the MOBO (check the manual). Or you can pull the BIOS battery out for about 30 seconds and put it back in.

 

[Trapix]

Ok. thanks for the advice.. trying everything out now and will be back shortly with a report!

Also, thanks for the welcome =)

 

[blkhawk]

also... is it a known working drive ?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Post your specs as well 🙂.

 

[Zepper]

Also the IDE cables work only one way these days. The blue end goes to the mobo, the middle connector (gray) is the secondary (slave) drive on the cable and the end connector (black) is the Primary drive on the cable (or Master). Set all drive jumpers to Cable Select. CS can be slightly faster than the old Master/Slave settings as CS is hardware determined while M/S is software determined.
. The M/S settings will still work and is a way around the hardware drive selection. With M/S it doesn't matter about the drive's position on the cable. But CS is the way to go in most situations today. The cable orientation still must be blue to mobo etc. They just won't work reliably any other way.

.bh.

 

[Chode Messiah]

are the cables good? Also, did you put the cables in wrong. (reversed) It could be a bad drive like blkhawk said.

 

[Trapix]

Ok, I popped my CMOS battery out for a short while and no dice =(

I'm going to recheck all my IDE connections like zepper said.

keeleysam : I don't know how to check that! have been looking all over my manual and don't see anything about enabling IDE and SATA in Bios >.<

blkhwk : everything is brand new, not a known working drive, but i'm assuming they are.

The Pentium Guy : Here are my specs


ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
COOLER MASTER TAC-T01-EB Blue Computer Case
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (4 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ClawHammer/Hammer Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831A-RK 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100
SAMSUNG Black IDE CD-ROM Drive Model TS-H352A/BEBP
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BK
SAPPHIRE 100105U Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-ALCU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan

also had to buy a 20-24 pin PSU converter

 

[The Pentium Guy]

You're in with all 4 ram sticks at the same time? Try booting with 1 (as a test).
Also, 20->24 pin converters aren't very reliable. Search around 🙂, it adds extra resistance to the power. I read that the best way to go was to plug the 20-pin directly. But if it works for you, then go for it =).