[SOLVED] HDD not recognised (sata 3 (hdd)to sata 2(mobo))

[James Noscoper]

Hi,
I’ve recently bought a new hdd which is sata 3. I’ve got a sata cable and plug it into my motherboard which says sata 2 but it won’t show up. I can hear it’s getting power. I also thought sata 3 was back compatible.

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model drive?

Motherboard?

What other drives are installed?

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information?

 

[James Noscoper]

BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product H81M-D2V
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Name Radeon RX 580 Series
Windows 10
Seagate 2 TB BarraCuda 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive (7200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s, Up to 220 MB/s, Model: ST2000DM008)
1 Kingston ssd 240gb
1 (unknown) ssd 120gb (os installed)