Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata / Sata2 Hdds; Hot Plug Function For Sata3 Hdds - ASROCK A55 Pro3 User Manual

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2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / 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 SATA / SATA2 HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration, it is called "Hot

Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / 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 SATA / SATA2 HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA / SATA2 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for

the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 HDDs while the system is

still power-on and in working condition.

This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA3 in AHCI mode. ASMedia

ASM1061 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 SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration, it is called "Hot

Plug" for the action to insert and remove the 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 SATA3 HDD.

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