Serial ATA HDD Hot-Plug feature and operation guide
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1. Creative Considerate Cost effective Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug feature and operation guide The new high speed storage interface Serial ATA v2 0 has been adopted on some new ASRock motherboards The Serial ATA v2 0 specification not only supports the 1 5Gb s high speed data transfer rate and RAID feature but also supports Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug function The SATA Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA Hot Plug support information of ASRock motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our web site _http www asrock com product index htm The features of Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug Function The Hot Plug function allows user to remove add on or swap SATA HDD while the system is power on and under operation Benefit Implement the SATA v2 0 standard Provides a convenient interface for user to swap a SATA HDD without system power off and system reboot to save user s time and also an advanced support interface for RAID 1 backup function However examining the offering of the SATA motherboard from today s market the serial ATA cable accessories are not standardized especially the SATA Power Cable Without the SATA 15 pin power connector interface the Serial ATA HDD cannot process the Hot Plug by all means lt Caution gt Even some SATA HDDs provide both SATA 15pin power connector and IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interfaces the IDE 1x4 pin conventional power conne2. ctor interface is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss Driven by our creative and considerate nature ASRock offers 1 A complete SATA cable set including A 7 pin SATA data cables B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface 2 ASATA HDD Hot Plug operation guide Our considerate offering provides the correct SATA cable accessories and the accurate operation details of SATA HDD Hot Plug for you to enjoy the SATA Hot Plug feature without suffering by the wrong operation and cables Please carefully carry out the following SATA Hot Plug operation procedures step by step Creative Considerate Cost effective Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug feature and operation guide Attachment The Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug operation guide Points of Attention Before you start to process the Hot Plug 1 Below operation procedure is designed for ASRock motherboard only The SATA Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA Hot Plug support information of ASRock motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our web site www asrock com 2 Make sure your SATA HDD can support hot plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual The SATA HDD which cannot support hot plug function will be damaged under the hot plug operation 3 Please make sure the SATA driver is installed into system properly The latest SATA driver is available on our su
3. pport web site www asrock com 4 Make sure to use the SATA power cable amp data cable which are from ASRock motherboard package The SATA 15 pin 1x4 pin conventional power connector power connector White Black connect to power supply connect to SATA HDD SATA data cable red SATA power cable 5 Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss How to Hot Plug a SATA HDD Step1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin end white to the power supply 1x4 pin cable SATA power cable 1x4 pin power connector White 2 4 Creative Considerate Cost effective Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug feature and process Step2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATA connector Step 4 Connect SATA data cable to the SATA HDD 3 4 sISRock Creative Considerate Cost effective Serial ATA HDD Hot Plug feature and operation guide How to Hot Unplug a SATA HDD Points of Attention Before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot unplug Without step by step unplug procedure will cause the HDD damage and data loss Step1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA HDD side Step2 Unplug SATA 15 pin power cable connector Black from SATA HDD side 4 4
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