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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Assembly Manual

Firewire 800 / usb 3.0 / esata
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  • Page 1 OWC Mercury Elite Pro FireWire 800 / USB 3.0 / eSATA Assembly Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 PORT VIEW & CABLE CONNECTIONS 1.5 DETAILED VIEW 1.5.1 LED Indicator 2 SYSTEM SETUP 2.1 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    • Any 3.5” SATA hard drive • Any 2.5” SATA Solid State Drive (SSD) (when used with auxiliary bracket, not incuded) 1.2 Package Contents Item ➀ OWC Mercury Elite Pro ➁ Vertical Stand ➂ Power Cable ➃ Power Supply ➃...

  • Page 4: Port View & Cable Connections

    1.5 Detailed View 1.5.1 LED Indicator The OWC Mercury Elite Pro has a single cool blue LED at the front of the hard drive enclosure. It will illuminate blue when powered on, and flash on drive activity (both reading and writing).

  • Page 5: System Setup

    2 SYSTEM SETUP This guide will get you up and running quickly, demonstrating how to install your own 3.5” drive into the OWC Mercury Elite Pro enclosure. Your computer is a static-sensitive device. It is susceptible to invisible damage if not protected during installation.

  • Page 6: Hard Drive Assembly

    2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation ➀ On the bottom of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro enclosure you will find 2 Phillips screws. Remove those two screws and the drive compartment will slide out towards the front of the enclosure. Remove the outer shell to proceed with drive installation.
  • Page 7 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Chapter 2 - System Setup 2 SYSTEM SETUP 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly & Installation (continued ➂ Place your drive mechanism into the chassis and onto the bridge card, and press the drive towards the ports to firmly affix the drive into the SATA connector. You may need to wiggle the drive from side to side to fit it in between the rubber grommets that the drive is secured with.
  • Page 8 2.2TB to be able to use the storage solution. To limit the OWC Mercury Elite Pro’s maximum drive capacity to 2.2TB, flip the dip switch (circled below) to the 1 position. The default position is ON meaning...
  • Page 9 The OWC Mercury Elite Pro requires external power to operate. Insert the power adapter into a wall outlet and plug it in to the back of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro. To use the OWC Mercury Elite Pro, connect any interface cable to the drive and the computer.

  • Page 10: Desktop Use Options

    2 SYSTEM SETUP 2.3 Desktop Use Options The OWC Mercury Elite Pro includes a vertical stand and also rubber feet for those who wish to stack multiple drives on top of each other. For those that do not want adhesive rubber feet or prefer a more elegant solution, a horizontal desk stand has been designed and is available at: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEP1STAND/...

  • Page 11: 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 12 OWC Mercury Elite Pro 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. Name the volume as you want, choose the Volume Format pulldown (Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is default), and click the Erase button.
  • Page 13 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 Mercury Elite Pro volume will mount on your desktop. You can quit Disk Utility, you’re all...
  • Page 14 OWC Mercury Elite Pro 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 15 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. Back up any important data before proceeding! ① With the drive connected to the com- puter and powered on, right click on the “My...
  • Page 16 OWC Mercury Elite Pro 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 17 Chapter 3 - Formatting OWC Mercury Elite Pro 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 18 OWC Mercury Elite Pro 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 should only take...
  • Page 19 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Chapter 3 - Formatting ⑬ At this point, you may close the Computer Management window. 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 20: Troubleshooting & Tips

    If they are, and the storage solution is still not working properly, try connecting to another interface such as the USB connection and see if the device works properly. If these suggestions do not work, try the OWC Mercury Elite-A Pro mini on a different computer, if available to you.

  • Page 21: Appendix

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro to a maximum of 2.2TB capacity, you need to flip a dip switch inside the enclosure. See section 2.1 for detailed instructions. Q: I have an older Intel based Mac - can I use my OWC Mercury Elite Pro as a boot drive? A: Yes! Older (Pre-2008) Intel Mac systems require the use of USB for booting but it certainly will work.

  • Page 22: About Data Protection

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

  • Page 23: Customer Service

    OWC Mercury Elite Pro Chapter 6 - Customer Service 6 CUSTOMER SERVICE 6.1 Before Contacting Customer Service •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 24 Copyrights: Copyright © 2009-12 Other World Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Other World Computing. Changes: The material in this document is for information only and subject to change without notice.

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