ASRock H77M-ITX [31/61] Serial ata sata serial ata2 sata2 serial ata3 sata3 hard disks installation

2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3)

Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel

H77 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial

ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5,

RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology) functions. You

may install SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal stor-

age 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 and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3

HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATA2

/ SATA3 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel

H77 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.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is

called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 /

SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.