Installation; Hot Plug Function For Sata / Sataii Hdds - ASROCK G43TWINS-FULLHD User Manual

2 . 1 1 2 . 1 1 Serial A 2 . 1 1 Serial AT T T T T A (SA Serial A Serial A A (SAT T T T T A) / Serial A A (SA A (SA
2 . 1 1 2 . 1 1 Serial A A (SA

Installation

Installation Installation Installation Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel
(SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on
this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the
SATA / SATAII hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII
connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard
disk.
2.12 Hot Plug F 2.12 Hot Plug F 2.12 Hot Plug F 2.12 Hot Plug Function for SA 2.12 Hot Plug F unction for SA unction for SA unction for SA unction for SAT T T T T A / SA
This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII in AHCI mode. Intel
ICH10 south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller
Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru
a joint industry effort.
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called
"Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs
while the system is still power-on and in working condition.
However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been
installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD.
A) / Serial AT T T T T AII (SA A) / Serial A A) / Serial A AII (SA AII (SA AII (SAT T T T T AII) Hard Disks
A) / Serial A AII (SA
ICH10 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA
®
A / SA A / SAT T T T T AII HDDs A / SA A / SA AII HDDs AII HDDs AII HDDs AII HDDs
3 1 3 1 3 1
3 1 3 1
AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks
AII) Hard Disks
®