Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata3 Hdds - ASROCK E350M1/USB3 User Manual

2.9 Hot Plug Function for SATA3 HDDs
This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA3 in AHCI mode. AMD A50M
chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a
new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry
effort.
NOTE
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID confi guration, it is called "Hot
Plug" for the action to insert and remove the 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 SATA3 HDD.
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