ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3 User Manual download pdf (Page 29)

Caution

1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA2 Hot Plug cannot be

processed.

2. Even some SATA2 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 denitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause

the HDD damage and data loss.

SATA 7-pin

connector

A. SATA data cable (Red) B. SATA power cable

2.11 SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide

This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA2 HDD in RAID / AHCI

mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you

process the SATA2 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

The SATA 15-pin power

connector (Black) connect

to SATA2 HDD

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which supports

SATA2 HDD Hot Plug.

* The SATA2 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of

its limitation, the SATA2 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is

indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com

2. Make sure your SATA2 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or

HDD user manual. The SATA2 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will

be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.

3. Please make sure the SATA2 driver is installed into system properly. The latest

SATA2 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.

1x4-pin conventional

power connector (White)

connect to power supply

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