ASRock AD2550-ITX [23/39] Serial ata sata serial ataii sataii hard disks

2.8 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks

Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel

NM10 Express chipset that supports Serial ATA

(SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks

on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install

the SATA / SATAII hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII con-

nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard

disk.

2.9 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATAII HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII in AHCI mode. Intel

NM10 Express 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 SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID conguration, it is called “Hot

Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII 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 / SATAII HDD.