Serial Ata3 (Sata3) Hard Disks Installation; Hot Plug And Hot Swap For Sata3 Hdds - ASROCK FM2A85X Extreme4-M User Manual

2.11 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD A85X (Hudson-D4) chipset that supports
Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and
RAID 10). You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for inter-
nal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard
disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's
SATA3 connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard
disk.

2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap for SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap for SATA3 in RAID /
AHCI mode. AMD A85X (Hudson-D4) chipset provides hardware support
for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming
interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort.
What is Hot Plug?
If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called
"Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs
while the system is still powered-on and in working condition.
However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS
has been installed into the SATA3 HDD.
What is Hot Swap?
If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called "Hot
Swap" for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while
the system is still powered-on and in working condition.
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