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BIOS not detecting HDD's on SATA's

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Topic: BIOS not detecting HDD's on SATA's

Posted By: Thicktoast
Subject: BIOS not detecting HDD's on SATA's
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2021 at 12:43am

Got a weird one. I can't seem to get my pc to recognize my older HDD's.

Z370 Killer MB with most recent Bios version.

2 x m.2 drives (functioning correctly)
2 x HDD drives (not showing up in bios or windows)
1 x SSD (functioning correctly)
1 x DVD drive (functioning correctly)

Currently have both M.2 slots occupied. According to manual, both SATA_0 and SATA_5 slots will be disabled. Fine. I have shuffled my connections around to not use those. What's weird is only my SSD is being recognized.

I've shuffled power connections and data connections and cannot get these older drives to show up in bios or windows.

I suspect there's a bios setting I'm missing. I have SATA Controllers Enabled and SATA mode set to AHCI.

Any suggestions?
TT