ASROCK AD425PV, User Manual

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ASRock AD525PV / AD425PV Motherboard
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2.8 Hot Plug F 2.8 Hot Plug F
2.8 Hot Plug F 2.8 Hot Plug F 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SA
unction for SA
unction for SA unction for SA unction for SATTTTTA / SA
A / SA
A / SA A / SA A / SATTTTTAII HDDs
AII HDDs
AII HDDs AII HDDs AII HDDs
This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII Devices in AHCI
mode. Intel ® NM10 Express south bridge chipset provides hardware support for
Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA
host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. AHCI also provides usability
enhancements such as Hot Plug.
NOTE
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, 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.
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2.7 2.7
2.7 Serial A Serial A
Serial A Serial A
Serial ATTTTTA (SA A (SA
A (SA A (SA
A (SATTTTTA) / Serial A A) / Serial A
A) / Serial A A) / Serial A
A) / Serial ATTTTTAII (SA AII (SA
AII (SA AII (SA
AII (SATTTTTAII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks
AII) Hard Disks AII) Hard Disks
AII) Hard Disks
Installation Installation Installation Installation Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel
®
NM10 Express south bridge 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
connector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard
disk.