On 05/05/2008 in message <#gVe7HrrIHA.1200@xxxxxx> Anna wrote:
Quote:
>I'm not sure where Jeff is getting his information re achieving
>"hot-plugging" ("hot-swapping") capability for SATA HDDs. It is true that
>this capability must be supported by the motherboard (together with the
>HDD itself) but you would be hard-pressed to find any motherboard or HDD
>produced during the past few years having SATA-II capability that does not
>support "hot-plugging"/"hot-swapping".
I guess I must have had the only one in existence :-(
It was SATA 1 from memory and I had to convert to AHCI to get hot
plugging. Good to know it's easier with newer boards / SATA 2.
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Jeff Gaines
Damerham Hampshire UK