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I'm getting a new case with a hot swap slot. I would like to take advantage of this new feature, but is there anything I should know before just sticking a HDD in the slot?
I understand that the concept behind hotswap bays is the ability to essentially plug in a full HDD
to a slot on the PC while it's on, and be able to remove it without any sort of restart. Making the HDD effectively a super-powered over-sized flash drive with very fast data transfer speeds.
I've read a few forum posts relating to hotswapping, and my concern is that I'll have to tinker with my MoBo's bios to make the hotswap functionality work flawlessly. (ASrock Extreme3 Gen3)
What exactly do I need to know about hotswapping?
Feel free to be as verbose in the answer as you would like. I like knowing more then I need to about anything tech related.
I understand that the concept behind hotswap bays is the ability to essentially plug in a full HDD
to a slot on the PC while it's on, and be able to remove it without any sort of restart. Making the HDD effectively a super-powered over-sized flash drive with very fast data transfer speeds.
I've read a few forum posts relating to hotswapping, and my concern is that I'll have to tinker with my MoBo's bios to make the hotswap functionality work flawlessly. (ASrock Extreme3 Gen3)
What exactly do I need to know about hotswapping?
Feel free to be as verbose in the answer as you would like. I like knowing more then I need to about anything tech related.
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