<div dir="ltr">My laptop has the Intel 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller. (hwbrowser)<br><br>According to <a href="http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html">http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html</a>, Linux supports full hotplug for this chipset.<br>
<br>=============================================<br><br>AHCI (newer Intel ICH, ULi, others)<br> Driver name: ahci <br> Summary: Full NCQ support, full SATA control including hotplug and PM. <br> Note1: AHCI specification is completely open. <br>
Note2: ATI, Intel, JMicron, NVIDIA, SiS, ULi and VIA are currently known to have deployed AHCI in their chipsets. <br> Hopefully others will follow. AHCI is a nice, open design.<br><br>============================================<br>
<br>My laptop has 2 internal SATA drives and they work perfectly, including with hwbrowser.<br><br>So why does hwbrowser stall with the external drive ?<br></div>