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  • Page 1: How To Use This Manual

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface How To Use This Manual User’s Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Table of Contents User’s Manual Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Introduction 1.1. What Your LaCie Drive Can Do 1.2. Hard Drive Heat Management 2. Your LaCie Drive 2.1. Minimum System Requirements 2.2. Package Contents And Views Of The Drive 2.2.1.
  • Page 3 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Table of Contents User’s Manual 5.1.2. Windows Users 5.2. Available Storage Capacity 5.3. Optimizing Data Transfers 5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance 5.3.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports And Performance 5.4. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 vs. FireWire 400 vs. FireWire 800 6.

  • Page 4: Foreword

    LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omis- sions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revi- sions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes.
  • Page 5 This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We, LaCie, solemnly declare that this product conforms to the following European standards: Class B EN60950, EN55022, EN50082-1, EN61000-3-2 With reference to the following conditions:...

  • Page 6: Precautions

    Your hard drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support representative. • Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liq- uids on the drive, as they may spill into its openings.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    • Database Management Engineered to fit seamlessly in to any work environment, the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface can be stood vertically on the LaCie Drive Stand (included), placed in the LaCie Desk Rack (sold separately) or incorporated into standard 19”...

  • Page 8: Hard Drive Heat Management

    Drives Equipped with a Fan If your LaCie Big or Bigger Disk is equipped with a “smart fan,” it will only start when the heat inside the casing reaches a certain temperature. Then the smart fan starts to turn at a low and very quiet speed. In exceptionally hot conditions (summer heat, stacked configuration, etc.) the fan will detect heat and turn to a second, faster speed.
  • Page 9 - especially if your LaCie drive does not include a fan. LaCie does not recommend stacking or racking more than 3 x d2 drives, 2 x Big Disks or 2 x Bigger Disks on top of...

  • Page 10: Your Lacie Drive

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 10 2. Your LaCie Drive 2.1. Minimum System Requirements Mac Users Windows Users FireWire 800 FireWire 800 Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800: Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800: •...

  • Page 11: Package Contents And Views Of The Drive

    User’s Manual page 11 2.2. Package Contents and Views of the Drive 2.2.1. Package Contents LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface and Drive Stand kit External power supply FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin cable FireWire 400 6-to-6-pin cable iLink/DV 6-to-4-pin cable Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable...

  • Page 12: Views Of The Drive

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 12 2.2.2. Views of the Drive 2.2.2.1. Front View On/Off Button / Power LED /Activity LED Push the button to power the drive on. The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on, and blinks to indicate...
  • Page 13 Serial Number Sticker - This is where you will find your LaCie drive's serial number. Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe place, because you will need to provide the number in the event you have to call LaCie Technical Support for any reason in regards to the drive’s performance.

  • Page 14: Cables And Connectors

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 14 2.3. Cables and Connectors 2.3.1. FireWire FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and FireWire 800 is the implementation of the new IEEE 1394b standard.

  • Page 15: Usb

    USB Cables Your LaCie drive is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable, to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also work when connected to a USB port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.

  • Page 16: Installing Your Lacie Drive

    • When stacking drives, make sure and adhere the rubber feet to the bottom of the drives. • When racking drives in the LaCie Desk Rack (sold separately), place no more than three drives in the rack. • When racking in 19” equipment racks, only rack the equipment in a regulated, air-conditioned room, keep cables and other obstructions away from the rear of the drive and do not place more than three drives on top of each other.

  • Page 17: Connecting The Power Supply

    Tech Note: • Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface comes with an autoswitching power supply. This means that if the drive is connected to a FireWire connector on your computer, when you turn on the computer, the LaCie drive will turn on automatically.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Interface Cable

    3.2. Connecting the Interface Cable There are three interface connectivity options when connecting your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface to your computer: FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. The installation steps below follow the connectivity options for each of the specific interfaces, depending on your operating system.
  • Page 19 Mac OS Drive Icons Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface will now be ready for use. You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in the Apple Disk Utility to configure your hard drive system. Please refer to 4.1.
  • Page 20 Mac OS Drive Icons Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface will now be ready for use. You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in the Apple Disk Utility to configure your hard drive system. Please refer to 4.1.
  • Page 21 21 Mac OS 9.x – FireWire 400 To use your new LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, first install the necessary driver software. Silverlining Pro Installation 1) Insert the LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your computer’s internal CD/DVD drive.
  • Page 22 Mac OS Drive Icons Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface will now be ready for use. You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in Silverlining Pro to configure your hard drive system. Please refer to the Silverlining Pro documentation on the LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM for more information.
  • Page 23 Mac OS Drive Icons Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface will now be ready for use. You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in the Apple Disk Utility to configure your hard drive system. Please refer to 4.1.
  • Page 24 24 Mac OS 9.x – USB To use your new LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, first install the necessary driver software. Silverlining Pro Installation 1) Insert the LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your computer’s internal CD/DVD drive.
  • Page 25 Mac OS Drive Icons Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface will now be ready for use. You can then use the formatting and partitioning capabilities in Silverlining Pro to configure your hard drive system. Please refer to the Silverlining Pro documentation on the LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM for more information.

  • Page 26: Windows Users

    Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. Daisy-chain configurations: • FireWire 400 device connected directly to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, which is connected to the computer via the FireWire 800 port. • iLink/DV device connected directly to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, which is connected to the computer via the FireWire 800 port.
  • Page 27 Supply, power on the drive by pressing the On/Off button on the front of the drive. Connect the 9-pin end of the FireWire 800 cable into the FireWire 800 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface. Connect the other end...
  • Page 28 Supply, power on the drive by pressing the On/Off button on the front of the drive. Connect the 6-pin end of the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface. Connect the 6-pin end of the...
  • Page 29 Supply, power on the drive by pressing the On/Off button on the front of the drive. Connect the 6-pin end of the iLink/DV cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface. Connect the 4-pin end of the...
  • Page 30 Supply, power on the drive by pressing the On/Off button on the front of the drive. Connect the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable into the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port on the back of the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface. Tech Note: To achieve Hi-Speed USB 2.0 transfer rates,...

  • Page 31: Connecting Digital Video Cameras To The Drive

    3.3 Connecting Digital Video Cameras To The LaCie Drive With both FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 interfaces, it is possible to connect a digital video camera directly to the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface* (this connection is called “daisy-chaining”).

  • Page 32: Installing Multiple Devices

    FireWire 800 devices can be chained together with the original FireWire 400 standard (provided the correct cables are used), but transfer rates will be limited to the original FireWire 400 speeds. For reliable performance, LaCie does not recommend daisy-chaining more than 4 FireWire devices one after the other; instead, use several FireWire cards/ports directly from the computer.

  • Page 33: Disconnecting Your Lacie Drive

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 33 3.5. Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive FireWire and USB external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running.

  • Page 34: Switching Between Usb And Firewire Connections

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 34 3.6. Switching Between USB And FireWire Connections Hi-Speed USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 are “hot-pluggable,” meaning that you can connect a drive to a USB or FireWire port on your computer even when the computer is running.

  • Page 35: Using Your Lacie Drive

    10% less than the non-formatted capacity. Tech Note: Windows Users! This LaCie Hard Drive is formatted for the Mac operating system, and you will need to re-format the drive in order for it to appear and operate under the Windows operating system.

  • Page 36: Formatting And Partitioning Your Lacie Drive

    36 4.1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Once you have set-up your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, you can reformat or partition it to suit your needs. 4.1.1. Mac Users • Mac OS 9.x – Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your drive.
  • Page 37 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 37 starting with Current (Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area.

  • Page 38: Windows Users

    • Windows 2000 and XP – Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to the operating system. For instructions on installing and using Silverlining 98, please refer to the Silverlining 98 manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format.
  • Page 39 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 39 9) Select Primary Partition. Click Next. 10). Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum available size, unless you want multiple partitions on the same drive.

  • Page 40: Tech Tips

    This is the Microsoft file system, more typically known as FAT 32. This is the file system to use if you are going to be using your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface between Macs and Windows operating systems.

  • Page 41: Windows Users

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 5. Tech Tips User’s Manual page 41 5.1.2. Windows Users There are basically two file system formats for Windows: FAT 32 and NTFS. The following information will hopefully make choosing one or the other a little easier.

  • Page 42: Available Storage Capacity

    Data transfers are the flow of data that accomplishes a task, usually related to moving data from storage to computer RAM, or between storage devices. With external drives, such as the LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface, the data is transferred from the drive to the computer via the FireWire or USB interface.

  • Page 43: Firewire 800 Ports And Performance

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 5. Tech Tips User’s Manual page 43 5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance To utilize the newly enhanced FireWire 800 performances, your computer must be equipped with a FireWire 800 host bus adapter card (either sold separately, or integrated by your computer’s manufacturer). These host bus adapter cards include one or more FireWire 800 ports, but you must be running Mac OS 10.2.4 and higher, or Windows 2000 or Windows XP in...

  • Page 44: Hi-Speed Usb 2.0 Vs. Firewire 400 Vs. Firewire 800

    If your computer is equipped with a USB port and a FireWire port, you will get noticeably better performance by using the FireWire connection. Even though your LaCie drive comes with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable and interface, by connecting through the USB port, the drive will be limited to USB 1.1 speeds and performance.

  • Page 45: Firewire Questions & Answers

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 6. FireWire Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 45 6. FireWire Questions & Answers What Does IEEE 1394 Mean? IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) refers to the engineering corps that developed the 1394th standard, defining the high-performance serial input/output (I/O) bus used to connect peripheral devices.
  • Page 46 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 6. FireWire Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 46 What Are The Ideal Uses For FireWire? FireWire helped fuel a revolution for digital content creators, and was awarded a 2001 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award by the Academy of Television Arts &...

  • Page 47: Usb Questions & Answers

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 7. USB Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 47 7. USB Questions & Answers What Are The Benefits Of The USB Interfaces? • Cross-platform: Use your USB peripherals on both Mac and Windows platforms.
  • Page 48 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 7. USB Questions & Answers User’s Manual page 48 What Is A USB Hub? Technically, you can connect up to 127 devices to a single USB bus. For more than two devices, though, you must make new connections using a peripheral called a "hub.”...

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting

    8. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface is not working correctly, please refer to the following check- list to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is www.lacie.com...

  • Page 50: Mac Users

    Possible Solutions Is there an icon for the drive The drive is not There should be an icon for the LaCie drive on the desktop. recognized by the appear on the desktop? If the drive does not appear, follow the rest of the computer.
  • Page 51 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 8. Troubleshooting User’s Manual page 51 Questions to Ask The Problem Possible Solutions Have the USB or FireWire The drive is not Mac Users: Open Apple System Profiler and click on the recognized by the drivers been installed correctly Devices and Volumes tab.
  • Page 52 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 8. Troubleshooting User’s Manual page 52 The Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions Are there other USB or FireWire The drive is working Disconnect any other USB or FireWire devices and see if the slowly.

  • Page 53: Windows Users

    Is there an icon for the drive in Go into My Computer and look for an icon and drive letter My Computer? assigned to the LaCie drive. If the drive does not appear, follow the rest of the Troubleshooting tips to isolate the problem.
  • Page 54 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 8. Troubleshooting User’s Manual page 54 Questions to Ask The Problem Possible Solutions Have the USB or FireWire The drive is not Windows 2000 Users: Go to Start > Settings > Control recognized by the drivers been installed correctly Panel >...
  • Page 55 Speed USB 2.0 cable to connect certified. The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable that was shipped with your drive? your LaCie drive has been properly certified and tested to comply with USB standards. Are you using Windows 98 SE These systems are not supported; USB will not work with or Windows Me? either Windows 98 SE or Windows Me.

  • Page 56: Contacting Customer Support

    If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us via the provided Web link. Before contacting us, make sure that you are in front of your comput- er and that you have the following information on hand: •...

  • Page 57: Lacie Technical Support

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 9. Contacting Customer Support User’s Manual page 57 LaCie Technical Support LaCie Asia LaCie Australia Contact Us At: Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium LaCie Canada Contact Us At: Contact Us At: http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/...

  • Page 58: Warranty

    • The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray, etc. • The tamper seal on the drive casing is broken. LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems caused as a result.

  • Page 59: Glossary

    LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Glossary User’s Manual page 59 Glossary Asynchronous – Data transfer method where the data is transferred independently of other processes. With this transfer method, the intervals between transmissions can vary, and data can be resent if it is initially missed.
  • Page 60 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Glossary User’s Manual page 60 Digital – Discrete information that can be broken down to zero or one bits. Driver (peripheral manager) – A software component that enables the computer system to communicate with a peripheral.
  • Page 61 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Glossary User’s Manual page 61 Kb (Kilobit) – Equivalent to 1,000 bits. Kb/s – Kilobits per second. 480Kb/s is equal to 60KB/s. KB (KiloByte) – Basically, this means 1,000 bytes, but it is actually 1,024 bytes.
  • Page 62 LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface Glossary User’s Manual page 62 Seek Time – The amount of time (in thousandths of a second, or milliseconds) that it takes a hard drive’s read/write head to move to a specific location on the disk. Average seek, then, is the average of a large number of random samplings all over the disk.

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