Internal to external sata?

[SherylinRM]

I have a motherboard that I use for experiments.

However it does not have external sata.

My question is this.

While the computer is on, can I attach a sata hard drive to the computer?

And if so, do I attach the power or the data cables first?

 

I know that the wires are offset on the connectors of the plugs so you can attach them externally when the computer is on [like USB].

However I do not know if this is also true of the internal connectors.

 

Thanks for real replies

[Rohime]

Check the MoBo specs.   The sata port (controller) needs to support "hot swap" for a live plugin to be reliable.

 

[SherylinRM]

Well these never mention hot swap.

Actually non of my MB's do [I have a few].

Thanks then.

[Rohime]

Might also be called Hot Plug.  Open the MoBo manual online and search for "hot" related to the SATA controllers.

[Rohime]

What model numbers for MoBo's?   A couple of examples will do ...

[SherylinRM]

Like I said.

The manuals mention nothing about being hot swappable. But thanks for trying

[SherylinRM]

Ok so just because someone else will also ask.

In order of usage for experiments etc I have.

 

HP ms-7613  (Iona-GL8E)

 

ASUS M2A-VM

 

GIGABYTE - Socket 775 - GA-EP43-UD3L (rev. 1.1)

 

GA-MA78LMT-S2 (rev. 3

[Rohime]

3 minutes ago, SherylinRM said:

Like I said.

The manuals mention nothing about being hot swappable. But thanks for trying

Surprising.   For example my MoBo manual says:

Connector

- 3 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

[SherylinRM]

@Rohime

See above

[Curious Pineapple]

Just try it, connect data first and make sure the power connector goes in straight and firmly, I do it often and have never checked if my boards support it. I've hot-swapped PCI cards quite a lot too in the past.

[Rohime]

 

8 minutes ago, SherylinRM said:

 

10 minutes ago, SherylinRM said:

Ok so just because someone else will also ask.

In order of usage for experiments etc I have.

 

HP ms-7613  (Iona-GL8E)

 

ASUS M2A-VM

 

GIGABYTE - Socket 775 - GA-EP43-UD3L (rev. 1.1)

 

GA-MA78LMT-S2 (rev. 3

 

Yep, they are all SATA (not SATA2 or SATA3).  

All too old for Hot-Plug / Hot-Swap.

 

You will probably find that hot-plug will SOMETIMES work anyway, but not reliable.

 

You might also find (for the newest) that a plug-in, followed by a "Scan for Hardware Changes" (right click on any item in Device Manager (control panel) will also find the device ...  you would probably then also need to mount the drive using  "Disk Management" control panel.

[SherylinRM]

@Curious Pineapple

Yeah well I was kind of hoping for a reply that didn't involve the possibility of frying something.

Which I have done to many times lol.

 

But um thanks.

[SherylinRM]

@Rohime

Ah ok.

Yes they are old and appear to be sata not sata 2 etc.

Ok so the answer is a solid "maybe".

Try it and fry it lol

Thanks guys

[jj9987]

On some systems, you even need to enable hotplugging in BIOS/UEFI, if the hardware is compatible. I personally have tried both ways - difference is, that if hotplugging is turned off, you just have to restart your system in order for it to detect a new SATA device.

[SherylinRM]

@jj9987

 

There is NO way these MB's have UEFI lol.

And never seen anything about plugging, hot or otherwise in bios on those systems. But thanks for the heads up [for another MB ]