Four WD 4TB black in a row won't work

[AlexSaff]

So I just built this new setup and I got two hard drives, an 850 500gb Evo and two WD black 4TB drives. The SsD shows up and works Great but the two black drives didn't show up in the bios or disk management even when plugged into the SATA and power cable that worked on the SSD. I felt them both while the system booted up and they both didn't vibrate or even heat up. Thinking they were both dead I sent them back and got a replacement. The two replacements arrived and this time, they heat up but still don't show up in the bios or disk management when plugged into power and SATA cables that worked for the SSD. Did I miss something that I need to do or did I get another set of two broken drives? System specs are as follows:

5960X
GTX980 Ti
Asus X99 -a
16gb ddr4 RAM 3000mhz
AX860i

 

[drtweak]

Do you have a USB adapter or another PC you can test the them in?

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, AlexSaff!

I'm very sorry about your unfortunate experience with the WD Black HDDs. 🙁 I think that the best thing to do is to use another system to try and see if they will be properly recognized, just as @drtweak suggested. If you are unable to do that, I'd recommend you to try using a SATA-to-USB cable or a docking station and connect the HDDs externally.
Have you tried resetting BIOS by re-seating the CMOS battery on the motherboard? Here's a tutorial that might help you with that: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS (keep in mind that this would get your BIOS settings back to factory defaults, so make sure you know how to re-configure them afterwards).
You also mentioned that the replacement WD Black drives actually do power up, so maybe you could try using WD's Data LifeGuard to test them and check up on their SMART data status. Here's a link to the software tool, just make sure you run both the QUICK and the EXTENDED test: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Z9nALA

Keep me posted with the results.
SuperSoph_WD

 

[AlexSaff]

I don't really have another PC to test them on because this is the only one in my house...

 

[drtweak]

Either to to find a friend with a PC or invest in a USB adapter (Which might not be a bad idea anyways)