Serial Ata (Sata) / Serial Ata2 (Sata2) / Serial Ata3 (Sata3) Hard Disks Installation; Hot Plug Function For Sata / Sata2 / Sata3 Hdds - ASROCK B75M-ITX User Manual

2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3)
Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel
ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATA2 /
SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will
guide you to install the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your
chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA2 /
SATA3 connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 /
SATA3 hard disk.

2.12 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 in AHCI
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mode. Intel B75 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller
Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed
through a joint industry effort.
NOTE
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration, it
is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 /
SATA3 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 / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD.
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B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial
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