S-ata & Hotswap

RichBa5tard · 9th October 2003, 13:11

I thought one of the specifics of S-ATA drives was being able to hotswap it?

Windows XP doesn't like my s-ata storage drive to be hotswapped (acts the same as if you would try to swap an IDE, it does not automaticly dedects the removal). Is it because a S-ATA Seagate 7200.7 isn't hotswappable, or is not supported by windowsxp yet?

piotke · 9th October 2003, 13:14

same here with maxtor HD

jmke · 9th October 2003, 13:17

have to do some research on that, but I don't think all SATA interfaces support hot-swap

FreeStyler · 9th October 2003, 15:17

1 SATA on a extra PCI or onboard RAID controller will never work. The drive has to be found by the raid array, and turned into a usable array first.
2 If it is truly hotswap you should get the logo to safely remove hardware in systray. WinXP only probably, and I've never seen it.

jmke · 9th October 2003, 15:32

eSATA is hot plug I thought.

piotke · 9th October 2003, 19:51

marcelleke just dropped by with his maxtor 120 gig SATA

and on my NF7-s it IS hot swappable. After removing the HD while runing in windows, it disappears, 20 seconds later we added it back, recognized imediately. nifty

RichBa5tard · 9th October 2003, 20:31

wat did you disconnect first? power or data?

piotke · 9th October 2003, 20:36

data first

disk disappeared. I did not remove power connector., so the disk kept on spinning, but is was gone instantly in windows.

NF7-s
maxtor 120 gig sata
win xp, SP 1

jmke · 9th October 2003, 22:43

try removing both data & power

piotke · 10th October 2003, 06:50

Hard disk is gone here

9th October 2003, 13:11	#1
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	S-ata & Hotswap I thought one of the specifics of S-ATA drives was being able to hotswap it? Windows XP doesn't like my s-ata storage drive to be hotswapped (acts the same as if you would try to swap an IDE, it does not automaticly dedects the removal). Is it because a S-ATA Seagate 7200.7 isn't hotswappable, or is not supported by windowsxp yet? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th October 2003, 13:14	#2
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,997	same here with maxtor HD __________________ .

9th October 2003, 13:17	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	have to do some research on that, but I don't think all SATA interfaces support hot-swap __________________

9th October 2003, 15:17	#4
FreeStyler Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Antwerp Posts: 1,186	1 SATA on a extra PCI or onboard RAID controller will never work. The drive has to be found by the raid array, and turned into a usable array first. 2 If it is truly hotswap you should get the logo to safely remove hardware in systray. WinXP only probably, and I've never seen it. __________________ Put brain in gear BEFORE engaging mouth.

9th October 2003, 15:32	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	eSATA is hot plug I thought. __________________

9th October 2003, 19:51	#6
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,997	marcelleke just dropped by with his maxtor 120 gig SATA and on my NF7-s it IS hot swappable. After removing the HD while runing in windows, it disappears, 20 seconds later we added it back, recognized imediately. nifty

9th October 2003, 20:31	#7
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	wat did you disconnect first? power or data? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th October 2003, 20:36	#8
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,997	data first disk disappeared. I did not remove power connector., so the disk kept on spinning, but is was gone instantly in windows. NF7-s maxtor 120 gig sata win xp, SP 1 __________________ .

9th October 2003, 22:43	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	try removing both data & power __________________

10th October 2003, 06:50	#10
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,997	Hard disk is gone here __________________ .

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