2.21 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug and Operation Guide
This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read the operation guide of Hot Plug below carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug, please check the cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack below.
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2.Even though some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA
Points of attention, before you process Hot Plug:
1.The operation procedure below is designed only for our motherboard, which supports SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug.
*The SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation. The SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboards is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com
2.Make sure your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug from your dealer or HDD user manual. SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs which do not support Hot Plug will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.
3.Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com
4.Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable from our motherboard package.
5.Please follow the instructions below step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss.
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