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nd4spdbh2
08-18-09, 08:46 PM
Hey i was wondering if anybody knows 100% of the ICH9 vanilla not ich9r chipset supports hot plugging sata drives? Im trying to get more storage on my server but i dont want a all the hard drives on all the time so i was finiguring i could just hot plug em. but dont know if the ICH9 supports it.
MattNo5ss
08-18-09, 09:05 PM
If your OS natively supports AHCI and you configure your SATA connectors for AHCI mode in the BIOS, then hot-swapping should work. That's my understanding of it anyways, but I wouldn't say I'm 100% sure though.
Neuromancer
08-18-09, 09:28 PM
must use real sata power cables as well. Running sata connectors off of 4 wire connectors negates hot swap-ability IIRC
nd4spdbh2
08-19-09, 12:10 PM
If your OS natively supports AHCI and you configure your SATA connectors for AHCI mode in the BIOS, then hot-swapping should work. That's my understanding of it anyways, but I wouldn't say I'm 100% sure though.

OK ill hook a monitor and KB up to the server and take a look in the bios when i get home to see if i can change to AHCI mode.... i think that might require a reinstall of the OS however.

must use real sata power cables as well. Running sata connectors off of 4 wire connectors negates hot swap-ability IIRC

I hot plug sata drives all the time using a 4pin molex to sata power without any problems.

EDIT... did some research, mobo manual says that the ECS G33T-M2 does not support hot plugging... o well ill just pop in my pci silicon image sata controller.