Hello,
So I took the liberty of finally building my own computer, after a couple of hours of building it, cable management, and getting a new psu. I finally got it working, but I ran into problems with the Windows 7 setup. It wouldn't detect my hard drive, regardless of it showing up in the bios. I scanned my CD that came with the motherboard, and it didn't find anything.
I checked Western-Digital website, but no-dice.
Here's my specs, any help is appreciated.
CPU: AMD A8-6600K (Not OCED)
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33
Ram: PNY (1x8) DDR3 1600
HDD: 500gb Western-Digital Caviar-Blue at 7200rpm
GPU: Integrated Graphics
PSU: Insignia 520w
Any help is appreciated.
From Acer:Sata drivers for windows 7

Windows 7 and Vista will usually recognize a SATA motherboard controller. SATA add-on cards will more than likely prompt for a driver. In either case, if the drive is not recognized by the OS Setup software, then you will need to supply a controller device driver. The SATA controller driver can usually be found on the CD or website of the system, motherboard or SATA controller card manufacturer.

You'll probably find Win7 default drivers for SATA will work find,I know with my socket 939 board Vista x64 had no issues with SATA controller so Win7 should be the same ie no issues. As to USB, default drivers should work find,I have a lot of USB hardware that has no drivers,however Vista default ones work find. Intel® Optane™ Memory User Interface and Driver for System Acceleration The Intel® Optane™ memory UI is specifically designed and optimized to support system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory modules. Installing a new SATA hard drive in a Windows 7 computer is a piece of cake — if you know the tricks. It takes a while, and you have to know where the Initialize Disk dialog box is hidden. But by and large, installing a new SATA drive in your Windows 7 desktop PC is a lot like falling off a log. AMD RAIDXpert2 User Guide. SATA RAID only for Windows® 7 and both NVMe/SATA RAID for Windows® 10 AMD Ryzen™ Desktop Processor. AMD SB7xx SATA AHCI Floppy Driver for Windows Vista 64bit; Windows Vista 32bit; Windows 7 32bit; Windows 7 64bit. XPVista7 x86x64. SATA Driver AHCI Acer Aspire 5738DZG Windows 7 7 x64. This page contains full list of Windows 7 64 bit SATA available for free download. The drivers in this category is updated weekly, so you can always download the latest SATA drivers for Windows 7.

Intel sata drivers for windows 7 Click on the following links for the driver SATA Driver Intel package readme info:
.../SATA_Intel_v7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt

Windows 7 Sata Drivers Download


This package supports the following driver models:
  • Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller

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From Acer: Click on the following links for the driver SATA Driver Intel package readme info:
Sata drivers for windows 7 acer.../SATA_Intel_v7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt

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This package supports the following driver models:

Amd Sata Drivers For Windows 7

  • Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller
  • Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller