ASRock Z77E-ITX manual How to Hot Plug a Sata / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD

How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 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 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

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

1x4-pin cable.

Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 / SATA3 connector.

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

Step 3 Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) end to SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD.

Step 4

Connect SATA data cable to

the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD.

How to Hot Unplug a SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 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 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD side.

Step 2

Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD side.

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