A:Please read below operation guide of Serial ATA HDD Hot-Plug on ASRock motherboard carefully.
Before you process the SATA HDD Hot-Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack.

7-pin SATA data cable x 2
SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface x 1




1.Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the Serial ATA HDD Hot-Plug cannot be processed.
2.Even some SATA HDDs provide both SATA 15pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot-Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.

Points of Attention – Before you start to process the Hot-Plug:

1. Below operation procedure is designed only for ASRock motherboard, which supports SATA HDD Hot-Plug.
   *SATA Hot-Plug support of ASRock motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our web site .


2. Make sure your SATA HDD can support hot-plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA HDD, which cannot support hot-plug function, will be damaged under the hot-plug operation.


3. Please make sure the SATA driver is installed into system properly.
   The latest SATA driver is available on our support web site https://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp


4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from ASRock motherboard package.


5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss.

How to Hot-Plug a SATA HDD:
Points of Attention – Before you process the Hot-plug:
Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot-plug, improper plug procedure will cause the SATA HDD damage and data loss.



How to Hot-Unplug a SATA HDD:
Points of Attention – Before you process the Hot-Unplug:
Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot-unplug, improper unplug procedure will cause the SATA HDD damage and data loss.