ASRock P75 Pro3 User Manual - Page 33
Serial ATA SATA / Serial ATA2 SATA2 / Serial ATA3, SATA3 Hard Disks Installation, Hot Plug for SATA - industries
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2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial 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 for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 in AHCI 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 configuration, 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. 33