ASRock FM2A55M-VG3 manual Serial ATA2 SATA2 Hard Disks Installation, What is Hot Plug Function?

2.9 Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset that supports Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) functions. You may install SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA2 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA2 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 con- nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA2 hard disk.

2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Serial ATA2 (SATA2) HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA2 in RAID / AHCI mode. AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort.

NOTE

What is Hot Plug Function?

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

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA2 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the ac- tion to insert and remove the SATA2 HDDs while the system is still power- on and in working condition.

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