Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
hot plug sata
Name: fredrib Date: September 23, 2004 at 18:48:36 Pacific OS: Windows Xp Pro CPU/Ram: amd xp 1700+ 512 ram @
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 24, 2004 at 17:15:57 Pacific
Reply:
Even though it is hot pluggable it needs special plugs that will disconnect the data then the power in the right order, otherwise you will get data corruption. Hot swapable drives are frequently used in RAID 5 installations. They are installed in drawers that have special plugs that break the circuits in the right order.
Summary: Two things: Is it a major problem for me to be hot-plugging my PS/2 keyboard & mouse? I've read that it can damage a motherboard, but I've hot-plugged my PS/2 several times when it fell out of my loo...
Summary: Hi, I have an "older" computer running Win98SE. Have had this setup for several years - NO PROBLEMS. Always do maintenance, backups, blah, blah, blah... I have always done hardware and software troubl...
Summary: Just the mainboard and the hard drive. Also you might want to get a power supply that has built in SATA power connectors, these are required if you wish to be able to hot-plug hard drives to the syste...
0 
