My first true build a little assist please

[NightbladeXX]

yeah thats a nice card

i wouldnt worry about when a newer version will come out these (8800GT's) will be mainstream for a good year [IMO] with a 8850 prolly coming out later near end of summer [just my guess]

[jblitz277]

I didn't want to start a new thread as this pertains to my first build.I added another WD 500gb sata Hdd and device manager sees it but,Vista does not? I have uninstalled /reinstalled ,updated drivers???? Any thoughts?

[ipaulo]

Does it show up in my computer? Is this a slave drive only and is the jumper pin in the right position?

[jblitz277]

No it does not show in my computer and I didn't think you jumpered sata drives? Maybe that is the whole problem? When you look at the jumper positions on the drive I thought they were for 1.5/3.0 it doesn't say master slave

[ipaulo]

Well I have three 750gb seagates that are for storage only. I just opened my case and saw a jumper on the two pins on the right side.

I can't remember if I had to run the disc that came with the HD.

[Chewy]

device manager and bios see the drive but you have to go to drive management and initialize(partition/format) for windows to see the volume.

right click on my computer>>>manage>>disk management

[jblitz277]

it's formatting as usual thanks Chewy

[doctorhardware]

At times Vista can be a real pain in the royal arse.