Hot Swap with SATA connectors

[ionoxx]

Do all sata connectors support hot swap of hard drives? If I were to use the nForce4 sata connectors with a chenbro hot swap enclosure, would i encounter any problems when replacing a failed drive?

Thanks

 

[Ricemarine]

No AFAIK.

 

[ionoxx]

anyone else wants to take a shot for a definitive answer?

 

[Koing]

How about hot swapping a SATA drive with the PSU of the computer? I don't want to shut down my pc if I can do it with just plugging the PSU SATA power cable and connector to the SATA HD.

Thanks,

Koing

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: ionoxx
Do all sata connectors support hot swap of hard drives?

SATA1: mostly no.

SATA2: mostly yes.

SATA 2.0 (the "real" second-generation SATA spec; "SATA2" is not an official spec): yes.

If I were to use the nForce4 sata connectors with a chenbro hot swap enclosure, would i encounter any problems when replacing a failed drive?

Probably not. The NForce4 "SATA2" connectors support hot-swap.

How about hot swapping a SATA drive with the PSU of the computer? I don't want to shut down my pc if I can do it with just plugging the PSU SATA power cable and connector to the SATA HD.

Uh... what? Could you rephrase the question or something?

Windows generally won't let you hot-swap in or out the boot drive, if that's what you're asking about. Just set it to spin down the drive when it's not in use.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
No AFAIK.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

How about hot swapping a SATA drive with the PSU of the computer? I don't want to shut down my pc if I can do it with just plugging the PSU SATA power cable and connector to the SATA HD.

Uh... what? Could you rephrase the question or something?

Windows generally won't let you hot-swap in or out the boot drive, if that's what you're asking about. Just set it to spin down the drive when it's not in use.

I want to install a SATA HD in to my pc without rebooting the pc. It will be used as just extra storage.

I want to connect the PSU SATA cable to the HD and connect the SATA data cable to the HD whilst my pc is on. Will this wreck the SATA HD?

Thanks.

Koing

 

[Ausm]

I wouldn't try it myself.


Ausm

 

[DBSX]

As long as everything is compliant, you can hook up the hard drive with the power on. Hence the term "hot swap".

Disclaimer: Make sure everything is compliant before you go willy-nilly attaching things. Don't blame me if you blow something up.

\Dan

 

[acole1]

eh just go pull it and cram the other one in there.

you could also glue it in w\ hot glue! who needs screws.


*i am not responsible for any damages that may result*

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Matthias99

How about hot swapping a SATA drive with the PSU of the computer? I don't want to shut down my pc if I can do it with just plugging the PSU SATA power cable and connector to the SATA HD.

Uh... what? Could you rephrase the question or something?

Windows generally won't let you hot-swap in or out the boot drive, if that's what you're asking about. Just set it to spin down the drive when it's not in use.

I want to install a SATA HD in to my pc without rebooting the pc. It will be used as just extra storage.

I want to connect the PSU SATA cable to the HD and connect the SATA data cable to the HD whilst my pc is on. Will this wreck the SATA HD?

If the controller supports hot-swap, that should work fine (plug in the power, then plug in the data connection and the drive should show up; this is easier with a hot-swap enclosure). Depending on the controller, you might have to have it attached when you first boot up (and then you can remove and reattach it freely), but it *should* work either way. YMMV.

If it doesn't support it, it probably won't work, but it shouldn't "wreck" the hard drive. It just won't be usable unless you boot up with the drive attached.

 

[Koing]

The SATA connectors are on my motherboard. The P4G8X that was bought 4yrs ago. I think I'll restart over the weekend and play it safe

Thanks for the info.

Koing