ASROCK X79 Extreme3 User Manual page 44

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-
pin end (White) to the power supply
1x4-pin cable.
SATA power cable 1x4-pin
power connector (White)
Connect SATA 15-pin power cable
Step 3
connector (Black) end to 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 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD side.
Step 2
Connect SATA data cable to the
motherboard's SATA2 / SATA3
connector.
Connect SATA data cable to
Step 4
the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD.
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