ASRock K10N78hSLI-WiFi manual ESATAII Interface Introduction, How to install eSATAII?

2.9 eSATAII Interface Introduction

NOTE:

1.If you set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to AHCI or RAID mode, Hot Plug function is supported with eSATAII devices. Therefore, you can insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports while the system is power-on and in working condition.

2.If you set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode, Hot Plug function is not supported with eSATAII devices. If you still want to use eSATAII function in non-RAID mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports only when the system is power-off.

3.If you want to use the eSATAII HDD as an OS disk, please set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode. If you want to use the eSATAII HDD as a removable data disk, please set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to RAID mode. If you want to add the eSATAII HDD as a RAID disk, please set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to RAID mode.

4.Please do not configure your eSATAII HDD as a RAID disk; otherwise, it may affect the Hot Plug function that eSATAII HDD should have.

5.Please refer to page 28 to 31 for detailed information of RAID mode, non-RAID mode and AHCI mode.

How to install eSATAII?

SATAII_6 (PORT5)

eSATAII_TOP

1.In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (PORT5); see p.2/3 No.11) and the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p.2/3 No.36) with a SATA data cable first.

English

Connect the SATA data cable Connect the SATA
to the orange SATAII	data cable to the
connector
	eSATAII connector
(SATAII_6 (PORT5))
	(eSATAII_TOP)

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