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APPENDIX A: eSATA Hot Swap

Hot Swapping allows you to add and remove hardware to your computer while the computer is

powered on and running. The eFlash is designed to be eSATA hot swap compatible, but not all

computers support hot swap.

There are three components that factor in to whether a device can be hot swapped:

1. The device - The device in this case is the Kanguru eFlash. The Kanguru eFlash was designed

to support hot swapping.

2. The SATA controller - The SATA controller is either integrated into your computer’s motherboard

or an add on SATA controller card, depending on where the eSATA port is connected to. If the

eSATA port is connected to the motherboard then the motherboard’s south bridge must support

hot swap. If the eSATA port is connected to a host controller (i.e. PCI SATA host controller) then

the host controller’s chip needs to support hot swap.

3. The driver - The driver is the software that controls how your hardware operates. If the eSATA

port is connected to the motherboard, then your computer will most likely be using the native

Windows driver. SATA controller cards come with their own driver software typically.

Depending on these three components, your eFlash will behave in one of 3 ways when attached via

eSATA:

• It will automatically appear under My Computer when you plug it in. In order to have the eFlash

appear automatically, your controller must support hot swap and the driver must allow you to

hot swap on the fly. Whether you remove the device using the Safely Remove Hardware tool or

through the Device Manager depends on your setup.

• It will not appear when you plug it in until you run the “Scan for new hardware changes”

from the Device Manager or HotSwap! application. If your controller supports hot swapping,

but the driver does not allow you to hot swap on the fly, you will have to run the Scan for

hardware changes from the Device Manager before your computer can recognize that the eFlash

is connected. You will have to uninstall the device from the Device Manager in order to safely

unmount it.

• It will have to be connected while your system boots up. If your controller does not support hot

swap you will need to have the eFlash connected while the computer while the system boots up

in order for it to be seen. This is referred to as cold swapping. You can remove the device once

the computer has been shut down or you can uninstall it from the Device Manager.

For more information on what type of hot swap support your computer has, please refer to your

computer’s instruction manual.

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