The non boot was a stupid CPU thing. it wasn't locked down completely or something.
I unhooked and rehooked everything. then it worked. cpu was the last thing I messed with before it worked.
I'll reboot into the BIOS right now, but I think it only reads the first 2 (SSD & blank 2TB)
I don't know how to access the Win Disk Mangament in Win7. Quick search revealed nothing.
Device manager only showed the 2, can only access 1.
edit: The BIOS reads everything except the old 1TB on SATA4.
I'm gonna power down and make sure it's all 100% plugged in.
edit2: 1TB found and accessable.
how do I access the new 2TB and format it for use?
it's in the BIOS and in the Device Manager, but I can't locate it in the system otherwise. it hasn't been formatted yet and has no drive number.
edit3: Everything is good. All HDD's are present and accounted for. Computer is up and running fine.
-Just need to figure out how to get my monitor to display at full screen (there is a border all around - it's set to overscan right now to get as close as possible). I switched from VGA/DVI connection to HDMI for my monitor. Kept VGA/DVI for my TV (saving those HDMI slots for other stuff)
-And I need to replace my Widgets/Gadgets that used to be on my desktop
apparently they were a security risk and MS discontinued them in favor of apps that are only on Win8.... I really liked my Clock, Weather and All CPU Meter that tracked CPU and RAM usage. let me know when Chrome or FF was hogging all my resources.