Is SATA always hot-plug?

[Andrew Hamilton]

I just got an external drive case (Rosewill, FYI) which includes an
internal to eSATA bracket. Now on one of my systems, there is no SATA
support on the motherboard, so I got an Adaptec SATA controller, which
works great.

If I connect the cable from this internal to eSATA bracket to a spare
port on the Adaptec controller, will the external port automatically
be hot-plug?

I'm not sure I'm explaining this too well, but I hope everyone
understands what I am asking about.

Thanks.

 

[Arno]

I just got an external drive case (Rosewill, FYI) which includes an
internal to eSATA bracket. Now on one of my systems, there is no SATA
support on the motherboard, so I got an Adaptec SATA controller, which
works great.

If I connect the cable from this internal to eSATA bracket to a spare
port on the Adaptec controller, will the external port automatically
be hot-plug?

I'm not sure I'm explaining this too well, but I hope everyone
understands what I am asking about.

- SATA is electrically always hotplug, if you use the SATA
power connector.

- For the data connection, it depends on the controller and
the driver/OS. The HDD always supports hotplug.
One Hint: AHCI supports hotplug, while IDE emulation does
not. You hay have to change some settings in the controller
BIOS.

Arno

 

[Ed Light]

One Hint: AHCI supports hotplug, while IDE emulation does
not. You hay have to change some settings in the controller
BIOS.

Unless the bios doesn't have AHCI, like on my P31 motherboard.


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[Arno]

Arno wrote:

Unless the bios doesn't have AHCI, like on my P31 motherboard.

Some other controllers support hotplug under Linux. No idea
about Windows.

Arno

 

[DevilsPGD]

Some other controllers support hotplug under Linux. No idea
about Windows.

If you go to device manager or disk management and refresh many IDE-mode
controllers will notice new SATA drives.

 

[Andrew Hamilton]

If you go to device manager or disk management and refresh many IDE-mode
controllers will notice new SATA drives.

Thanks to all who replied. I will try this out as soon as I get a
chance.

-AH