Installing new SATA hard drive help???

[GTO656]

Hey guys my new 2TB SATA hard drive came this morning, everything is setup with the SATA power connected via PSU and SATA from hard drive to MOBO. am I missing anything out. what is the 2 pins next to those connections on the hard drive??

thanks

 

[welshdragon]

power and sata cable is fine as thats all thats needed. they may be jumpers or something, which hd you got?

 

[GTO656]

power and sata cable is fine as thats all thats needed. they may be jumpers or something, which hd you got?

Its an Hitachi Coolspin 2TB hard drive. thx

 

[Orcvader]

Don't need to worry about those. You're all ready to go

 

[GTO656]

Don't need to worry about those. You're all ready to go

Thx lol should be all good, hope it's not gonna be like the IDE issue last nite Ill start it up now.

 

[GTO656]

Just loaded up BIOS and my Blu ray rom and HDD drive are detected. thx guys Im gonna install Windows 7 64 bit now. For the mobo drivers best to install latest from site rather than use CD same goes to GPU?

 

[Geeman1979]

Yes! Use the current drivers from the appropriate websites as they will be the latest.

 

[GTO656]

Yes! Use the current drivers from the appropriate websites as they will be the latest.

Thx just install windows now, 1863GB on the HDD

 

[Geeman1979]

That should keep you going for a while. Did you get hit by the price hike?

 

[GTO656]

That should keep you going for a while. Did you get hit by the price hike?

Yes I did sort of lol managed to find this 2TB at £70 on thursday. and now its at £100. So pretty good deal at this sort of time

 

[Hyburnate]

Damn thats cheap, nice one Enjoy.

 

[GTO656]

Damn thats cheap, nice one Enjoy.

Hehe sure will , thx dude