ASRock 990FX Extreme4 manual Serial ATA3 SATA3 Hard Disks Installation, What is Hot Plug Function?

2.12 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD SB950 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5) functions for SATA3_1 to SATA3_6 connectors. It also adopts Marvell SE9120 chipset that sup- ports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_7 and SATA3_8 connectors. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3 con- nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in RAID / AHCI mode. AMD SB950 and Marvell SE9120 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort.

NOTE

What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

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