Sata / Sata2 Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide - ASROCK H61MV-ITX User Manual

2.13 SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide

This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATA2 HDD in AHCI mode.
Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process
the SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the
motherboard gift box pack.
A. 7-pin SATA data cable
B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface
A. SATA data cable (Red)
SATA 7-pin
connector
Caution
1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug
cannot be processed.
2. Even some SATA / SATA2 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector and
IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin
conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot Plug
and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.
Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:
1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which supports
SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug.
* The SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset
because of its limitation, the SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug support information of our
motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com
2. Make sure your SATA / SATA2 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your
dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATA2 HDD, which cannot support Hot
Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.
3. Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 driver is installed into system properly. The
latest SATA / SATA2 driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com
4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our
motherboard package.
5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash
or data loss.
B. SATA power cable
The SATA 15-pin power
connector (Black) connect
to SATA / SATA2 HDD
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1x4-pin conventional
power connector (White)
connect to power supply