SATA hot swappable?

[wacki]

Barracuda 7200.7 SATA Spacer
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Model Number:ST3200822AS
Capacity:200 GB
Speed:7200 rpm
Seek time:8.5 ms avg
Interface:Serial ATA

Is this hot swappable? Can i open up the computer and connect the harddrive without shutting down?

 

[MDE]

Is it your boot drive? If so then no, also IIRC your SATA controller has to support hot-swapping.

 

[Kenazo]

which most onboard SATA solutions do not.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

is it ok to just plug in the power to a drive while the computer is on? just kina seems like a bad idea

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
is it ok to just plug in the power to a drive while the computer is on? just kina seems like a bad idea

As long as you use the SATA power connector it should be fine. Old Molex connectors aren't safe to hot swap with, but SATA connectors were.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
is it ok to just plug in the power to a drive while the computer is on? just kina seems like a bad idea

Not the best of ideas, but 90% of the time won't matter, even w/ molex's Just plug em in straight, so all four points make contact at the same time. There's no difference in the current that comes to the drive when you hit the power button or that which you'd get if you just plugged the thing in while it was running. But, I don't recommend doing it. Why tempt fate?