ASRock FM2A55M-VG3 manual How to Hot Plug a SATA2 HDD, How to Hot Unplug a SATA2 HDD

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How to Hot Plug a SATA2 HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA2 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin Step 2 end (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin

cable.

Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 connector.

SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White)

Step 3

Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) end to SATA2 HDD.

Step 4

Connect SATA data cable to the SATA2 HDD.

How to Hot Unplug a SATA2 HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug:

Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA2 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Unplug SATA data cable from SATA2 HDD side.

Step 2

Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA2 HDD side.

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