Sata3 Hdd Hot Plug And Hot Swap Operation Guide - ASROCK FM2A85X Extreme4-M User Manual

2.13 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug and Hot Swap Operation Guide

This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA3 HDDs in RAID / AHCI
mode. Please read the operation guide of Hot Plug below carefully. Before
you process SATA3 HDD Hot Plug, please check the cable accessories
from the motherboard gift box pack below.
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 The SATA 15-pin power
connector (Black) should be
connector
connected to your SATA3
HDD
Points for attention, before you process Hot Plug:
1. Without the SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA3 Hot Plug
cannot be processed.
2. Even though some SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power
connectors and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connectors, IDE 1x4-
pin conventional power connector's interface is deinitely unable to
support Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.
3. The operation procedure below is designed only for our motherboard,
which supports SATA3 HDD Hot Plug.
* SATA3 Hot Plug might not be supported by the chipset because of its
limitation. The SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our
motherboards is indicated in the product spec on our website:
www.asrock.com
4. Make sure your SATA3 HDDs can support Hot Plug from your dealer or
HDD user manual. SATA3 HDDs which do not support Hot Plug will be
damaged under the Hot Plug operation.
B. SATA power cable
The 1x4-pin conventional
power connector (White)
should be connected to a
power supply
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