ASRock A55iCafe [30/63] Serial ata sata serial ata2 sata2 hard disks installation

2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset that supports Serial

ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID

10) functions. You may install SATA / SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for

internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATA2 hard

disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2

connector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard

disk.

2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs

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

RAID / AHCI mode. AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) 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 / SATA2 HDDs are NOT set for RAID conguration, it is called “Hot

Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 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 HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA / SATA2 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for

the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 HDDs while the system is

still power-on and in working condition.