External storage enclosure for 3.5” hard drives (15 pages)
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IceCube | Pleiades External Storage Enclosure for 3.5” Hard Drive User Manual & Installation Guide...
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION - 1 - SYSTEM SET UP - 5 - - 1 - - 5 - ONNECTION TO YOUR OMPUTER - 1 - - 6 - LEIADES NSTALLATION ON A - 1 - 2000 WITH A IREWIRE...
Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The IceCube Pleiades The External Storage Enclosure “IceCube Pleiades” is made of high quality aluminum, excellent for heat-dissipation. Available with various types of interfaces, this is the perfect solution for additional external storage, data backup as well as for transferring data between computers and platforms.
• 1394b equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2, 10.3 2.6 and later, to be • able to use USB 1.1 or 1394a. Package Contents • IceCube Pleiades • External Power Adapter; Package Content Input 100-240V, Output 12V/2A, 5V-2A • Power Cord may vary, •...
Chapter 2 Installing the Hard Drive Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 4 screws on the bottom, slide the case off the Your unit might body, remove the screws for the top cover and open up the come with an case. installed hard drive.
Hard Drive Assembly Connect the ATA cable and the power line to your hard drive. Install the hard drive and fasten the screws. Align the top cover with the body and fasten the screws, before you slide it back The hard drive into the casing.
Chapter 3 System Set Up Connection to your Computer Most problems A few tips on how to connect your external storage enclosure: occur due to driver • Make sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly problems on the • Double check that the Host Card driver is up to date Host Card side! •...
Installation on a PC Win2000 or WinXP with a USB or Firewire connection: • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • Connect the IceCube Pleiades and turn it on If the system • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically doesn’t recognize...
If the system connection: • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS doesn’t recognize • Connect the IceCube Pleiades and turn it on the drive, turn on • No driver installation required the power first, • The external drive will mount and show up on your...
Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the You can choose to drive, so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually create several only required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, partitions but be if you change the format or want to erase all data on your drive.
PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Mac OS does not Disk Management Program • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” recognize NTFS • Select “Disk Management” formatted drives, to • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for use your device on both platforms, we further commands (Choose New Partition)
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Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating partitions on If you want to use an external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase your drive on a PC additional 3 party software, connect the drive to the internal running Microsoft IDE bus or upgrade to OS X.