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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> again, the hardware to hotplug is built into every sata connector. What is |
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>> left is the controller not getting confused and the driver. |
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> Every SATA connector? External connectors yes. Internal connectors no. |
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>> AHCI as a standard says yes to hoplugging. So as long as you use a AHCI |
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>> compliant sata controller you can hotplug. |
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> Interested readers should be _VERY_ careful about listening to |
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> previous advice. The major difference between the internal and |
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> external SATA cables& connectors, a ***particularly*** important part |
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> of hotplugging, is that the external connector ensures that ground is |
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> connected before the signals. This ensures that in the case of static |
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> electricity the drive becomes grounded to the computer which is done |
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> to eliminate ESD (electro static discharge) events which will damage |
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> either the drive or the controller. (Depending n which is charged.) |
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> If you are using an internal power supply and have drive power already |
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> attached when you hotplug an internal cable then likely you will be |
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> just fine. |
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> If, on the other hand, you have a SATA drive sitting on a bench using |
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> a separate power supply then hotplugging with an internal cable is not |
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> recommended. |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Mark |
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I'm not saying that this is good advice but this is what my mobo manual |
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says. If I have the BIOS set to AHCI, then all the ports are hot |
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pluggable. That includes the internal ones. My mobo design is about a |
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year old so this may not apply to older ones but that is what the manual |
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says. Just because I am to chicken to try doesn't mean it doesn't work |
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tho. I'm to chicken to use the one marked external too. |
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I moved my data drive over from the old rig last night. I got out the |
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flashlight and magnifying glass and gave all the connectors a good |
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looking over. They all have that L shape connector which is usually |
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what external connectors have. That is according to what I have read |
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anyway. All the connectors are the same on my mobo, both internal and |
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external. |
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It appears to me that with my mobo, there is no "internal" connectors. |
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They are just all SATA and hot pluggable. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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