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- Page 1 Alumni | Graduate External Storage Enclosure for 2.5” Hard Drives User Manual & Installation Guide Copyright © 2000-2003 by Macpower Peripherals Ltd. - www.macpower.com.tw...
- Page 2 Table of Contents - 1 - CHAPTER 3 - SYSTEM SET UP - 6 - ABLE OF ONTENTS CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION - 1 - - 6 - ONNECTION TO YOUR OMPUTER - 6 - OWER PERATION - 1 - NSTALLATION ON A - 1 - - 7 -...
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Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The Graduate 'Alumni Graduate', the new look in the aluminum enclosures series for 2.5" hard drives. Slim, compact and versatile, this unit fits in every pocket. Optional power adapter available for non bus powered hosts and PCMCIA cards. - Page 4 Features If the red LED is Over Voltage Protection (OVP) with a limit of 10% before shut blinking and not ON down (max 30V). Protection for device or Hard Drive damage, permanently, there caused by sudden voltage spikes in the power supply and is no problem with wrong or faulty power adapter.
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Page 5: System Requirements
System Requirements PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM • USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP • USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP USB driver for • 1394a equipped PC; Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP Win98/SE only •... -
Page 6: Chapter 2 - Installing The Hdd
Chapter 2 - Installing the HDD Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 2 screws for the back panel (not mounted if factory Your unit might new), remove the cover and pull out the bridge board. come with an installed hard drive. Before opening such an enclosure, please read the... -
Page 7: Hard Drive Assembly
Hard Drive Assembly Connect the hard drive and mount the 4 screws on the back of the bridge board. Slide it back into the enclosure but pay special attention to the back of the board and do not use force. The hard drive Mount the 2 screws for the back panel and connect the jumper settings... -
Page 8: Chapter 3 - System Set Up
Chapter 3 - System Set Up Connection to your Computer 4-pin Firewire ports, Serial ATA and A few tips on how to connect your external storage enclosure: PCMCIA cards are • Make sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly non bus-powered! •... -
Page 9: Installation On A Pc (Microsoft Windows)
Installation on a PC (Microsoft Windows) Win2000 or WinXP with a USB or Firewire connection: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows If the system • Connect the Graduate and turn it on doesn’t recognize • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically the drive, turn on •... - Page 10 Installation on a Macintosh (Apple Mac OS) Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x with a Firewire or USB If the system connection: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS doesn’t recognize • Connect the Graduate and turn it on the drive, turn on •...
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Page 11: Partitioning & Formatting
Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, You can choose to so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually only create several required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you partitions but be change the format or want to erase all data on your drive. - Page 12 PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” • Select “Disk Management” Mac OS does not • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for recognize NTFS formatted drives, to further commands (Choose New Partition) •...
- Page 13 Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase additional 3 party software. Initializing is no problem on all If you want to use Operating Systems. your drive on a PC running Microsoft For Mac OS X, use the Disk Utility to format and create...
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Page 14: Technical Questions
Technical Questions For RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or Please read your check out their online support area! warranty carefully, as this may vary between different About this Manual vendors! This manual covers all interfaces and combinations for the Graduate Enclosure.