ASRock E35LM1 [23/47] Serial ata3 sata3 hard disks installation

2.8 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD A50M chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3)

hard disks. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal stor-

age 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.

2.9 Hot Plug Function for SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA3 in AHCI mode. AMD A50M

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 conﬁ guration, 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.