ASROCK ALIVEXFIRE-ESATA2 R3.0_987 Installation Manual page 27

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What is eSATAII?
This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification.
eSATAII allows you to enjoy the SATAII function provided by the I/O of your
computer, offering the high speed data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s, and the
convenient mobility like USB. eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that
enables you to exchange drives easily. For example, with eSATAII interface, you
may simply plug your eSATAII hard disk to the eSATAII ports instead of opening
your chassis to exchange your SATAII hard disk. Currently, on the market, the
data transfer rate of USB 2.0 is up to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is up to
400Mb/s. However, eSATAII provides the data transfer rate up to 3000Mb/s,
which is much higher than USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394, and still keeps the conve-
nience of Hot Plug feature. Therefore, on the basis of the advantageous transfer
speed and the facilitating mobile capability, in the near future, eSATAII will replace
USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 to be a trend for external interface.
NOTE:
1. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" option in BIOS setup to AHCI or RAID mode, Hot
Plug function is supported with eSATAII devices. Therefore, you can insert or
remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports while the system is power-on and
in working condition.
2. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode, Hot
Plug function is not supported with eSATAII devices. If you still want to use eSATAII
function in non-RAID mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the
eSATAII ports only when the system is power-off.
3. Please refer to page 32 to 37 for detailed information of RAID mode, non-RAID
mode, and AHCI mode.
How to install eSATAII?
SATAII_RED (PORT 1)
and SATAII_ORANGE (PORT 2)
1. If you just plan to install one eSATAII device to this motherboard, it is recom-
mended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield. In order to enable
the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the red SATAII
connector (SATAII_RED (PORT 1); see p.2 No.15) and the red eSATAII
connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; see p.2 No.36) with a SATA data cable first. Then
the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield is enabled.
ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard
eSATAII_TOP and
eSATAII_BOTTOM
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