ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA R2.0 User Manual - Page 25

How to Hot Plug a SATA 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 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. the motherboard's SATA connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White) Step 3 Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) end to SATA HDD. Step 4 Connect SATA data cable to the SATA HDD. 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, improper procedure will cause the SATA HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA HDD side. Step 2 Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA HDD side. 25