2.19 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide
This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack.
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B. SATA power cable with SATA
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SATA
Caution
The SATA
to SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD
1.Without SATA
2.Even some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA
Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.
Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:
1.Below operation procedure 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 motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com
2.Make sure your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, 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, which are from our motherboard package.
5.Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss.
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