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Igloo 800
External Enclosure for two (2pcs) 3.5" Hard Drives
User Manual
3.5" Parallel ATA to Firewire 1394b External Storage Enclosure
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction...............................................................................P.02
Chapter 2 Package Contents..................................................................... P.03
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide......................................................... P.04
Chapter 4 Installation Procedure................................................................. P.09
Chapter 5 Unplug Procedure...................................................................... P.10
Chapter 7 Technical Information.................................................................. P.15
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Igloo 800 External Enclosure for two (2pcs) 3.5” Hard Drives User Manual 3.5” Parallel ATA to Firewire 1394b External Storage Enclosure Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction.……………………………………………………………………P.02 Chapter 2 Package Contents…………………………………………………………… P.03 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide………………………………………………... P.04 Chapter 4 Installation Procedure……………………………………………………….. P.09 Chapter 5 Unplug Procedure……………………………………………………………. -
Page 2: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Designed to house two desktop size hard drives, the 'Igloo' 800 (IEEE 1394b) enclosure provides plenty of capacity for your daily backup. Top performance makes accessing and storing your data even faster! 1.2 System Requirement a. Hardware: PC or Mac with FireWire 800 or 400 interface b. -
Page 3: Package Contents
Chapter 2 Package Contents 1. Igloo 800 (ATA to 1394b External Storage Enclosure) 2. Power Cord 3. 1394b 9-9pin Cable 4. Accessory Bag - 3 -... -
Page 4: Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Guide Unscrew the four screws on the bottom and take off the metal cover. (See Figure A – D) Figure A Figure B - 4 -... - Page 5 Figure C Figure D - 5 -...
- Page 6 3.2 Hard Drive Installation Connect the two hard drives (one Master and one Slave), install them and fasten the screws. (See Figure E – F) Figure E Figure F Hard Drive jumper settings: Set 1 Master & 1 Slave! - 6 -...
- Page 7 Replace the cover and feet, then fasten the screws. (See Figure G - H) Figure G Figure H - 7 -...
- Page 8 Identical Hard Drives suggested (same manufacturer, capacity and RPM) FireWire can be daisy chained. Igloo 800 is using RAID 0 and disk striping *. * RAID 0 and disk striping function only available with Oxford 912 chipset. For previous version with Oxford 922 chipset, the hard drives will show up as two separate drives.
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Page 9: Chapter 4 Installation Procedure
Chapter 4 Installation Procedure 4.1 Installation on Windows 98SE/ ME / 2000 / XP Turn on your computer and start Windows 98SE/ ME / 2000 / XP Connect the Igloo and turn it on No separate driver required, let Windows search and install it automatically Open “My Computer”, where you can see the external Hard Drive (see Figure 1) Igloo Figure 1... - Page 10 Chapter 5 Unplug Procedure 5.1 Windows 98SE/ ME / 2000 / XP a. Single click (right mouse button) on the taskbar icon (see Figure 3) b. Click on popup message (see Figure 4) Figure 3 Figure 4 External Hardware Icon c.
- Page 11 Attention!! To assure no data will be lost, always follow the “unplug procedure”. If not, data could be lost and the following message will show up: For Windows ME For Windows 2000 For Mac - 11 -...
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Page 12: Chapter 6 Partitioning & Formatting
Chapter 6 Partitioning & Formatting Please be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually only required the first time you install the HDD or if you have a factory new HDD. Windows 98SE, Windows ME DOS command “fdisk”... - Page 13 Windows 2000, Windows XP Disk Management Program: Select “Disk Management” Select “My Computer”, then right click “Manage” Choose the drive you want to Follow the Partition Wizard format and right click on it for further commands If you want to use it on many different OS including Mac, we recommend FAT32...
- Page 14 Mac OS Mac OS9.2 and before does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that you would need to purchase additional software. Initializing is no problem on all Operating Systems. For OSX use the Disk Utility to format and create partitions on your external disk. Select ”Disk Utility “...
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Page 15: Chapter 7 Technical Information
Chapter 7 Technical Information 7.1 Features of the Igloo 800 For the LED indication, please consult the following table: Green LED Yellow LED Power ON, Standby Power ON, Data Access Flash Power OFF 7.2 FAQ Q: What is RAID 0? A: With RAID 0, the two (2) hard drives show up as one (1) single large hard drive.
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