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AII HDD Hot Plug F eature and Operation
This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack.
A. 7-pin SATA data cable
B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface
A. SATA data cable (Red) B. SATA power cable
SATA 7-pin connector
The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA / SATAII HDD
1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply
Caution
1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug
cannot be processed.
2. Even some SATA / SATAII HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector
and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin
conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot
Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.
Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:
1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which
supports SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug.
* The SATA / SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset
because of its limitation, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug support information of our
motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website:
www.asrock.com
2. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from your
dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATAII HDD, which cannot support Hot
Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.
3. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is installed into system properly. The
latest SATA / SATAII driver is available on our support website:
www.asrock.com
4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our
motherboard package.
5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash
or data loss.
How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII HDD:
Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:
Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss.
Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end
(White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.
Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII connector.
SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White)
Step 3 Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector
(Black) end to SATA / SATAII HDD.
Step 4
Connect SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII HDD.
How to Hot Unplug a SATA / SATAII HDD:
Points of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug:
Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss.
Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII HDD side.
Step 2 Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII HDD side.
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Table of contents
- 5 1.1 Package Contents
- 6 1.2 Specifications
- 10 Graphics Card Support List
- 11 1.4 Motherboard Layout
- 12 Panel
- 13 2.1 Screw Holes
- 13 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions
- 14 2.3 CPU Installation
- 16 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan
- 17 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
- 24 2.8 Surround Display Feature
- 24 2.9 Jumpers Setup
- 25 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors
- 31 2.11 Smart Switches
- 32 2.12 Dr. Debug
- 35 2.13 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide
- 36 2.14 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide
- 37 Installation
- 39 Guide
- 41 2.18 Driver Installation Guide
- 41 64-bit With RAID Functions
- 41 Functions
- 42 2.19.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System
- 43 RAID 1 or RAID
- 44 RAID Functions