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2.10 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.

2.11 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 conguration, 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.

Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports

(2-pin CI1)

CASE OPEN detection feature

(see p.12, No. 24)

that detects if the chassis cover

has been removed. This feature

requires a chassis with chassis

intrusion detection design.

Signal

GND

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