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Macpower & Tytech M9-LAN User Manual & Installation Manual

Network drive for 3.5” ide hdd
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    M9-LAN Network Drive for 3.5” IDE HDD User Manual & Installation Guide v1.1...
  • Page 2 - 1 - CHAPTER 4 – LAN DISK SETUP - 10 - - 1 - - 10 - ETWORK NSTALLATION ON A - 10 - M9-LAN - 1 - ETWORK NSTALLATION ON A - 1 - - 10 - ACKAGE ONTENTS...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    General Notes and Tips Remarks for PC users Remarks for Mac users The M9-LAN The M9 external disk drive enclosure incorporates both USB 2.0 High Speed and LAN connections in one unit. It is a sleek and stylish enclosure for your 3.5” IDE hard drive, and its heatsink and smart fan technology ensures optimum heat dissipation.

  • Page 4: 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 • 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet card, or a USB-to-Ethernet converter equipped PC;...

  • Page 5: Chapter - 2 Installing The Hdd

    Chapter - 2 Installing the HDD Preparing the Enclosure Your unit might come with a pre- 1. Remove the 4 screws on the bottom of the unit. installed hard drive. 2. Lift the top cover off the body. Before opening 3.

  • Page 6: Chapter 3 - System Set Up

    Chapter 3 - System Set Up In LAN mode, the ‘M9-LAN’ is attached to an Ethernet switch or router. Each user on the network can use the LAN disk and Make sure your access it using FTP or SMB. computer is...

  • Page 7: I Nstallation On A Pc Using Usb

    Installation on a PC using USB 2.0 Win2000 or WinXP with a USB connection: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • Connect the M9 and turn it on If the system • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically doesn’t recognise •...

  • Page 8: Installation On A Mac Using Usb

    Installation on a Mac using USB 2.0 Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x with a USB connection: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS • Connect the M9 and turn it on If the system • No driver installation required doesn’t recognise •...

  • Page 9: Partitioning & Formatting

    Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all existing data on the drive, so You can choose to 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 via USB.
  • Page 10 PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” The drive must be • Select “Disk Management” formatted using the • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for FAT32 file system.
  • Page 11 Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, do not support creating partitions on an The drive must be external drive. To perform this function, you will need additional formatted using the party software, which is not supplied you’re your unit. FAT32 file system Alternatively, you can connect the drive to the internal IDE bus (MS-DOS).

  • Page 12: Chapter 4 - Lan Disk Setup

    Chapter 4 – LAN Disk Setup Network Installation on a PC • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • If you have the USB cable connected, disconnect it To connect the LAN • Connect the M9 to the local network using the LAN disk to your network, cable provided and turn it on an additional switch,...
  • Page 13 A pop-up dialogue box will appear and prompt you for your user name and password. If you forget your Default Settings login name or User name: admin password, press Password: admin and hold the reset button, turn on the We strongly suggest you to change this, as soon as you are device and wait for logged in, to prevent unauthorised access.
  • Page 14 SMB Server The public folder is created by default. You may access it immediately after the system is ready, without any further setup or login. When creating or sharing folders, we suggest using the English alphabet for file names. The length of the folder name is Make sure you are restricted to 12 letters.
  • Page 15 File Access on a Mac Click on “Go” and choose “Network”. Browse for your LAN disk “STORAGE-xxxx”, which by default can be found in the Make sure you are WORKGROUP folder. connected to the same network as Alternatively, select “Go” and choose “Connect to Server”. Type your LAN disk.
  • Page 16 Disk Utility If you don’t use the disk utility to format the drive, make sure that you You may use the disk utility to format your drive, scan for disk choose the FAT32 errors and set the idle time before the device switches to file system, standby mode.

  • Page 17: Technical Questions

    Technical Questions For RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or check out their online support area! Please read your warranty carefully, as this may vary between different Q: I forgot my login, what do I do? vendors! A: If you forgot your personal login for the LAN disk, press and hold the reset button, turn on the device and wait for ten seconds before releasing it.

  • Page 18: About This Manual

    Q: I get Error Code -36 A: The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "smb://storage" could not be read or written. If you get the above error message, use the IP address instead of STORAGE. See following steps: 1) Log in via your web browser.

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