Asrock 880g extreme3 User Manual

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2.14 Hot Plug F

2.14 Hot Plug Function for SA

unction for SA

unction for SATTTTTA3 HDDs

A3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in AHCI
mode. AMD SB850 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 configuration, 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.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the
action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still
power-on and in working condition.

2.13

2.13 Serial A

Serial A

Serial ATTTTTA3 (SA

A3 (SA

A3 (SATTTTTA3) Hard Disks Installation

A3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD SB850 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3)
hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this
motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the
SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3

connector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.