ASUS G75VX not detecting certain HDDs in SATA0

[comicsansms]

Heya,

The other day, I received an ASUS ROG G75VX for free.

It came with no HDDs, so I started putting in my test 500GB *Almost* dead, WD Scorpio Blue 500GB in Bay 0 (Right Bay), and it worked.

 

So then I put in my my known working Samsung 850evo 500GB, HGST 7K1000-1000, Seagate ST000LM024 and finally my Intel 520 180GB, none of which worked. They all work fine in Bay 1 (Left Bay), but not Bay 0 (Right Bay). 

 

Finally, I put in a Fujitsu MHV2080BH in Bay 0 (Right Bay), and that also worked too.

 

What gives?

[givingtnt]

10 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Heya,

The other day, I received an ASUS ROG G75VX for free.

It came with no HDDs, so I started putting in my test 500GB *Almost* dead, WD Scorpio Blue 500GB in Bay 0 (Right Bay), and it worked.

 

So then I put in my my known working Samsung 850evo 500GB, HGST 7K1000-1000, Seagate ST000LM024 and finally my Intel 520 180GB, none of which worked. They all work fine in Bay 1 (Left Bay), but not Bay 0 (Right Bay). 

 

Finally, I put in a Fujitsu MHV2080BH in Bay 0 (Right Bay), and that also worked too.

 

What gives?

is there no detection at all in the bios ?
any weird codes being outputed ?

can you try to find them in windows ?

[comicsansms]

1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

is there no detection at all in the bios ?
any weird codes being outputed ?

can you try to find them in windows ?

Nothing in the bios, detects it as an empty bay. The HDDs do however spin up.

No.

No.

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Nothing in the bios, detects it as an empty bay. The HDDs do however spin up.

No.

No.

go through device manager and force a rescan of the sata ports.

[comicsansms]

6 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

go through device manager and force a rescan of the sata ports.

The computer doesn't turn on with some of the drives in, and takes a lot longer with others.

Disk management could see 1TB Seagate, but wouldn't let me initialise it, kinda like an external HDD with a bad USB cable.

 

[comicsansms]

I found a 3rd HDD that works, this time a 1TB drive. 

I honestly don't care at this point, it works, good for it.