User manual ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3

[. . . ] FM2A55M-VG3 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published November 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] 1) Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. Chassis Intrusion Header (2-pin CI1) (see p. 13, No. 22) 1 GND Signal This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design. 27 2. 9 Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset that supports Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) functions. You may install SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA2 hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA2 hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA2 hard disk. 2. 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Serial ATA2 (SATA2) HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA2 in RAID / AHCI mode. AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA2 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA2 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 SATA2 HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA2 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA2 HDDs while the system is still poweron and in working condition. 28 2. 11 SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA2 HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA2 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. SATA power cable SATA 7-pin connector The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA2 HDD Caution 1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply 1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA2 Hot Plug cannot be processed. Even some SATA2 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin 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 process the Hot Plug: 1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which supports SATA2 HDD Hot Plug. * The SATA2 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA2 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www. asrock. com 2. Make sure your SATA2 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA2 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. [. . . ] Choose Ld Size setting, and key in the Raid size. 13. After set up Raid size, please click Start to Create. 14. During reboot, please press <F11> to enter Boot Manual. Choose UEFI: SCSI CD/DVD Drive. * This option only shows on Windows® 8 64-bit, 7 64-bit and VistaTM 64-bit OS. 58 16. [. . . ]