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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
Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 / SATA3 connector.
SATA power cable
Step 3 Connect SATA
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
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