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  • Page 1 OWC™ Mercury Elite Pro™ Dual mini Assembly Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6 CUSTOMER SERVICE 6.1 BEFORE CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE 6.2 CONTACT INFORMATION Thank you for purchasing the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini. We’re confident that it will provide years of high performance service for your storage and backup needs. This manual contains information on how to install the drives of your choice into the enclosure, set the desired RAID level (0,1, or Span), format and connect your new storage solution to your computer.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    •USB 2.0 interface, Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 1.2 Package Contents Item ➁ ➂ ➀ OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini ➀ ➁ 18” Flexible eSATA cable ➂ 18” USB 2.0 (A-B) cable ➃ Software CD Bundle ➄...

  • Page 4: Port View & Cable Connections

    FireWire 400 provides speeds up to 50 MB/sec. The use of FireWire does not require any auxiliary power source as each port carries enough bus power to run the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini directly from the computer’s FireWire port.

  • Page 5: Front Activity Light View

    AC power adapter to connect to the DC In power port . While connected via eSATA, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini can also be powered by utilizing any of the FireWire 800/400 ports. In this scenario, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini senses both the eSATA and FireWire connections and utilizes the eSATA for data and the FireWire for power only.

  • Page 6: System Setup

    Chapter 2 - System Setup 2 SYSTEM SETUP This guide will get you up and running quickly, demonstrating how to install your own 2.5” hard drives into the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini enclosure. Your computer is a static-sensitive device.

  • Page 7: Hard Drive Assembly

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation ➀ Using a Phillips P0 screwdriver, remove the 2 screws that hold the rear backplane cover to the enclosure. ➁ Once the screws are removed, the rear backplane cover will easily come off.
  • Page 8 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation (continued) ➂ From the rear of the enclosure, press inwards on the rear ports to slide the inner chassis out towards the front of the enclosure.
  • Page 9 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation (continued ➄ ➙ ➙ Place your drive mechanisms onto the bridge card, and press the drives towards the ports to firmly affix the drives into the SATA connectors.

  • Page 10: Raid Configuration

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation (concluded) ➆ Using the included screws from the plastic bag, attach the drive mechanisms to the enclosure through the rubber grommets using your Phillips P0 screwdriver.

  • Page 11: Raid Configuration

    Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.2 RAID Configuration To adjust the RAID configuration on your OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini, you need to gain access to the internal bridge board. Visit Section 2.1; Hard Drive Assembly & Installation to review the basic steps in this procedure.
  • Page 12 Chapter 2 - System Setup 2.2 RAID Configuration (continued) The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is able to utilize the 2 hard drives in 3 different RAID modes; Disk Spanning (SPAN), Disk Striping (RAID-0), or Disk Mirroring (RAID-1). You need to choose the RAID mode that suits your needs properly.
  • Page 13 2.3 Computer Connections Please see the previous section 1.4 which details the different interface options available to you with your OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini. Choose which interface you wish to connect to your computer, connect that interface and then you need to format the hard drives you just installed into your new OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini enclosure.

  • Page 14: Formatting

    Click on the “Initialize” button. (If this does not appear, open Disk Utility located in /Applications/Utilities) ➁ Select the device with no volumes attached to it; in this picture, that would be the 320.07 GB OWC device. Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text.
  • Page 15 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting ➂ Once you’ve selected the OWC device, you will notice the above change in the Disk Utility application. Click on the “Erase” tab in this picture. ➃ You then need to name the volume that you want to format, and erase it.
  • Page 16 Click the erase button to confirm you wish to erase the disk. ➅ After a few moments, the erase command will complete and the OWC Mer- cury Elite Pro Dual mini volume will mount on your desktop. You can quit...
  • Page 17 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting 3.2 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme Only for XP, 2000, ME and earlier. (XP 64-BIT, Vista & Windows 7 can continue to the next section) If you are not installing a brand-new hard drive into your enclosure, it may have a GUID drive partition already installed on it, especially if it was originally used with a Macintosh.
  • Page 18 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be found at http://www.macsales.com/format. IMPORTANT NOTE: This procedure will erase all data on your hard disk drives in the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini. Back up any important data before proceeding! ①...
  • Page 19 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting ④ Your drive will appear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the lower right reads as “Unallocated.” Right click in this space and choose “New Partition.”...
  • Page 20 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting ⑧ If you like, you can specify the drive letter designation for your new drive. Otherwise, one will automatically be assigned. Click “Next. ” ⑨ Before you can use the drive, it must be formatted.
  • Page 21 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting ⑪ Once you have finished with the formatting wizard, you will see that your new drive (represented as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message of “Formatting. ” This...
  • Page 22 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 3 - Formatting At this point, you may close the Computer Management win- ➀➂ dow. Your drive is ready to use and can be found in “My Computer. ” Using your new Storage Solution on both Macs and PCs? MacDrive™...

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    If one connection type does not work, switch to another interface and try the solution again. If these suggestions do not work, try the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini on a different computer, if available to you.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting & Tips

    Chapter 4 -Troubleshooting & Tips 4.2 Tips Identifying the LED indicators on your drive The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini has 2 separate multicolor LED indica- tor lights that will illuminate different colors depending on the operation currently running.
  • Page 25 There are two options available to do this; either using the included FireWire 800 power adapter cable, or using an AC power adapter. Simply connect one of these cables to the 12V port on the back of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini.

  • Page 26: Appendix

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini, and a second copy on either your in- ternal hard drive or another storage medium, such as an optical backup, or on a second external hard drive.

  • Page 27: Customer Service

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Chapter 6 - Customer Service 6 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 6.1 Before Contacting Technical Support •Read this manual and review Chapter 4: Troubleshooting & Tips. •Try to confirm the problem is with the hard drive. If you have a second computer, move the enclosure to that system and verify that the solution does not function with that machine.
  • Page 28 Copyrights: Copyright © 2010- 2012 Other World Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. OWC is a registered tracdemark of Other World Computing. Other World Computing and Mercury Elite Pro are trademarks of Other World Computing. Other marks may be the trademark or registered trademark property of their respective owners.

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