ASRock B75M-GL R2.0 manual Hot Plug for Sata / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs, What is Hot Plug Function?

2.13 Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 in AHCI mode. Intel® B75 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort.

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What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 / 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 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD.

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