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Summary of Contents for Digital Intelligence FireChief
- Page 1 FireChief ™...
- Page 2 • FireChief™ is a trademark and Digital Intelligence® is a registered trade- mark of Digital Intelligence, Inc. • Adobe® and Acrobat® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incor- porated.
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Page 3: Limited Warranty
UNLESS MADE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY AN OFFICER OF DI. There are no serviceable parts inside the FireChief. If you require service, do not attempt to open or disassemble FireChief device due to a shock hazard. Opening or disassem- bling FireChief case (except at the request of DI Technical Support) will void the warranty. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Package Contents................What is the FireChief................Power Considerations ................. FireChief Cabling to PC ..............Drive Configuration ................Diagnostic LED’s ................. Drivers ....................Cables ....................Connecting the FireChief ..............Swapping Drives ................. Disconnecting the FireChief ..............Modifying your FireChief’s Read/Write Capabilities...... -
Page 5: Package Contents
User Guide (1) What is the FireChief FireChief is a dual bay FireWire to IDE/SATA enclosure with a drive bay that is hardware write protected (ReadOnly) and a drive bay that is write enabled (Read/Write). The FireChief allows a suspect IDE/SATA hard drive (to be write... -
Page 6: Drive Configuration
Each drive rack has a green power LED indicates the drive tray is powered and locked into place. In addition, each FireWire bridge board on the back of the FireChief has an amber LED. ON indicates the bridge is in Read Only Mode. OFF indicates that bridge is in Read/Writeable mode. -
Page 7: Connecting The Firechief
The drive type interface is printed on the top front of the tray. The FireChief ships with two types of trays. Bridge Trays which accept IDE drives and SATA Trays which accept SATA drives. -
Page 8: Swapping Drives
Power off the FireChief Drive trays may now be removed from the unit. Modifying your FireChief’s Read/Write Capabilities The FireChief is shipped by default with one Read Only (write blocking) drive bay and one Read/Writeable Drive bay. However, it can be configured to enable Read-Only or Read-Write operation for both drive bays if desired. -
Page 9: Summary Of Switch Settings
Important Considerations Removal of Drives. DO NOT unlock the drive bay or disconnect the hard drive from the FireChief while the device is powered on. Disk Cache. When using an operating system that cache disk writes (Windows 95/98/ME for example), it may appear information has been written to the drive (via Windows Explorer for example);... - Page 10 FireWire 800 (1394b) CAPABLE for this problem to occur. Users who install Windows XP SP2 will notice a severe reduction in performance when using FireWire to connect 1394b capable devices to the host PC. FireChief has implemented a firmware "workaround" for the Microsoft's Windows XP SP2 1394/FireWire drivers that allow users to take full advantage of the FireChief.
- Page 11 Firmware updates. If there is a need to update firmware please consult Digital Intelligence web site support pages: http://www.digitalintelligence.com/support.php FireChief™ User Manual...
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