IT Support W1 London

I got my new processor/mobo in the mail today, the hp case I was going to use as a temp case didn’t wasn’t able to fit the micro-atx mobo (go figure) so I drive to fry’s get a CM 690 and start building.

I get every put together turn the system on and start running my windows 7 rc disk, and it asks me to find the hd.

I reset the computer and go into the bios and try to and find out my motherboard is not reading the hard drive.

I switch sata cables with the dvd drive, which it is reading, and it still doesn’t read the hard drive. It does however still read the dvd drive after the cable switch so I think the cables are fine.

This might belong in the HD forums, but any idea’s on how I can get my motherboard to recognize the hard drive? As far as I can tell it is plugged in alright, I have a power cable and sata cord connected.

I was using the hd drive a few days ago in my old hp, so it should still be fully functional.

The HD is a Western Digital 7200rpm 320gb drive that came with my HP I bought 2 years back.

How can I make this thing work? I really want to run some benchmarks!