Question How to fix ASUS motherboard not seeing any HDD in SATA ports?

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I have recently fixed/upgraded my PC to a Asus PRIME B650-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard, but it refuses to acknowledge the esistance of anything other than my OS m.2 and my bluray drive. all other harddrives do not show up, even in bios. I've never seen this problem before, and can't find any info on how to fix this.

For reference, my PC before the fix/upgrade was this: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RedFoxNightfox/saved/#view=fvPd6h

and now this is the new build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RedFoxNightfox/saved/#view=rWxRzy

I have tried changing sata cables, power plugs, ports, even using the same exact plugs that the bluray was using and plugged in one of my data hdd's, and it still does not want to acknowledge it existing, even in bios.

I updated the bios, installed all the drivers, and still nothing. I even removed my 10 sata port pcie card to see if that was the problem.

I'm honestly at a loss as to why this new board doesn't want to see anything besides the m.2 and the bluray drive.

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I also tried turning off the SATA controller, rebooting, turn on SATA controller, Rebooting.
 
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I have recently fixed/upgraded my PC, but it refuses to acknowledge the esistance of anything other than my OS m.2 and my bluray drive.
all other harddrives do not show up, even in bios.
You changed PSU.
Did you reuse old PSU cables with new PSU?

Modular PSU cables are not compatible between different PSU models.
Using wrong modular PSU cables will damage/kill hardware connected.

Most likely you have fried your HDDs using wrong cables.
Many users have recovered from this situation. You can, too. If you upload photos of the component side of each PCB, I can help you with a zero-cost DIY repair. You just need a digital multimeter (US$5 - 10).
if it requires any soldering or de-soldering, I can't, as my hands are very shaky. will upload photos later today of the main drive that had the most important data.
 
Many users have recovered from this situation. You can, too. If you upload photos of the component side of each PCB, I can help you with a zero-cost DIY repair. You just need a digital multimeter (US$5 - 10).

if it requires any soldering or de-soldering, I can't, as my hands are very shaky. will upload photos later today of the main drive that had the most important data.
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Here is the main hdd that has the most important data
 
I've just been involved in a thread at a pro data recovery forum where a "pro" took about 10 posts to understand the concept of a fuse. I bailed out before it became a rabbit hole. I'm too old and tired to indulge these people any more. I think your cheapest solution is to pay US$50 per PCB and have someone transfer the "ROMs" for you. I recommend hddparts.com. They include a ROM ("BIOS") transfer in the price.

BTW, if you see this kind of damage, then your chances are poor:

http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?p=5033#p5033

Truly, I wish you the best of luck.