SATA not detected

[nperkoski3]

I just built my first pc using a gigabyte GA-B250-HD3P mother board. Everything was going fine until I tried to download windows to my hard drive from an 8gb flash drive. No hard drive was detected in the setup or in the bios. I made sure all the cables were connected. Any help?

 

[USAFRet]

I just built my first pc using a gigabyte GA-B250-HD3P mother board. Everything was going fine until I tried to download windows to my hard drive from an 8gb flash drive. No hard drive was detected in the setup or in the bios. I made sure all the cables were connected. Any help?

If it is not seen i the BIOS, either it is not connected properly, or it is a dead drive.

How did you create this USB install?
Can you show us pictures of this thing not working?

 

[undrscore.jesse]

As USAFRet said: If the BIOS can't detect the drive, it's probably a dead one or it's not connected properly.
Check your SATA power, sata cable and if that doesn't work you can try using a different sata port on your motherboard.
The odds of a faulty sata cable are slim, but I would still check that as well.

If all of that still does not solve your problem it's probably your drive and you should return it.

 

[nperkoski3]

I just built my first pc using a gigabyte GA-B250-HD3P mother board. Everything was going fine until I tried to download windows to my hard drive from an 8gb flash drive. No hard drive was detected in the setup or in the bios. I made sure all the cables were connected. Any help?

If it is not seen i the BIOS, either it is not connected properly, or it is a dead drive.

How did you create this USB install?
Can you show us pictures of this thing not working
no clue how, but the drive just showed up. Thanks for your time

 

[USAFRet]

So it seems to be working?
Good.