Hot Plug Function For Sata / Sataii Hdds - ASROCK H61M User Manual

2.12 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATAII HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII in AHCI mode.
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Intel H61 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 SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID confi guration, it is called "Hot
Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII 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 / SATAII HDD.
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