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LaCie Extreme User Manual

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    How to use this manual lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual how to use this manual in the toolbar: on the page: click on the text within the contents page to jump to information on that topic. Printing: while optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are format...

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    Table of contents lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual table of contents foreword 4 precautions 6 1. Introduction 7 1.1. What your lacie drive can do 7 1.2. Hard drive heat management 8 2. Your lacie drive 10 2.1. Minimum system requirements 10 2.2. Package contents and views...

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    Table of contents lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 5.1. File system formats 41 5.1.1. Mac users 41 5.1.2. Windows users 42 5.2. Available storage capacity 43 5.3. Optimizing data transfers 43 5.3.1. Firewire 800 ports and performance 44 5.3.2. Hi-speed usb 2.0 ports and p...

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    Foreword page 4 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual copyrights copyright © 2005 lacie. 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, recordin...

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    Foreword page 5 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual • reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • consu...

  • Page 6: General Use Precautions:

    Precautions page 6 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual health and safety precautions only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device. • read this user's guide carefully, and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. • do not open ...

  • Page 7: 1. Introduction

    1. Introduction page 7 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 1. Introduction thank you for the purchase of your new lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface! This triple interface hard drive system combines compatibility, convenience and a generous storage capacity to he...

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    1.2 hard drive heat management heat dissipation design the lacie d2 drive’s metal body is ideal for naturally dissipating internal drive heat. Its unique design actually draws heat away from the internal drive toward the external casing. The casing absorbs heat and will take advantage of its large s...

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    1.2 introduction page 9 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual upright, stack & rackmount configuration heat dissipation is maximized when the drive is in the upright position (1). If you have several lacie drives stacked on each other, please remember to attach the included ru...

  • Page 10: 2. Your Lacie Drive

    2. Your lacie drive page 10 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 2. Your lacie drive 2.1. Minimum system requirements firewire 800 hardware requirements for firewire 800: • pentium iii or higher compatible processor, with a firewire 800/ieee 1394b interface card • 128mb ram o...

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    2.2. Package contents and views of the drive 2.2.1. Package contents lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface and drive stand kit external power supply firewire 800 9-to-9-pin cable firewire 400 6-to-6-pin cable ilink/dv 6-to-4-pin cable hi-speed usb 2.0 cable lacie storage utilities cd-rom im...

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    2.2.2. Views of the drive 2.2.2.1. Front view 2. Your lacie drive page 12 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 1 1 power led /activity led the led remains lit to show that the drive is on, and blinks to indicate drive activity..

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    2. Your lacie drive page 13 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual power supply connector - this is where you plug in the ac adapter supplied with the drive. See section 3.1. Connecting the power supply for more information. Ventilation outlet - these holes help to keep your dr...

  • Page 14: 2.3. Cables and Connectors

    2.3. Cables and connectors 2.3.1. Firewire firewire 400, also known as ieee 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and firewire 800 is the implementation of the new ieee 1394b standard. Pushing the speed barrier to new l...

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    2.3.2. Usb usb is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-speed usb 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high-speed devices such as hard drives, cd/d...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 16 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3. Installing your lacie drive getting your lacie drive installed and connected is very simple; essentially there are two steps: 1) connect the power supply to the drive and to an outlet 2) connect an...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 17 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.1. Connecting the power supply there are two cables that are supplied with the power supply: one cable (a) connects to the lacie drive; and the other cable (b) connects to a power outlet, such as a ...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 18 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.2. Connecting the interface cable there are three interface connectivity options when connecting your lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface to your computer: firewire 800, firewire 400 and ...

  • Page 19: Mac Os 10.X – Firewire 800

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 19 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 10.X – firewire 800 connect the 9-pin end of the firewire 800 cable into the firewire 800 port on the back of the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. Connect the other end of the 9-...

  • Page 20: Mac Os 10.X – Firewire 400

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 20 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 10.X – firewire 400 connect the 6-pin end of the firewire 400 cable into the firewire 400 port on the back of the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. Connect the other end of the 6-...

  • Page 21: Mac Os 9.X – Firewire 400

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 21 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 9.X – firewire 400 to use your new lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface, first install the necessary driver software. Silverlining pro installation 1) insert the lacie storage utiliti...

  • Page 22: Mac Os 9.X – Firewire 400

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 22 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 9.X – firewire 400 connect the 6-pin end of the firewire 400 cable into the firewire 400 port on the back of the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. Connect the other end of the 6- ...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 23 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 10.X – hi-speed usb 2.0 connect the hi-speed usb 2.0 cable into the hi-speed usb 2.0 port on the back of the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. Connect the other end of the hi-spee...

  • Page 24: Mac Os 9.X – Usb

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 24 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 9.X – usb to use your new lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface, first install the necessary driver software. Silverlining pro installation 1) insert the lacie storage utilities cd in ...

  • Page 25: Mac Os 9.X – Usb

    3. Installing your lacie drive page 25 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 9.X – usb connect the hi-speed usb 2.0 cable into the hi-speed usb 2.0 port on the back of the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. Connect the other end of the hi-speed usb 2.0 cabl...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 26 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.2.1. Windows users these installation steps are separated by interface and version of windows operating system. To view the installation steps of the interface and operating system you plan on using...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 27 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual windows 2000 and windows xp – firewire 800 after the first connection of a firewire 800-based peripheral, windows detects the drive, and will install it automatically as a new peripheral, even if you ...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 28 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual windows 2000 and windows xp – firewire 400 after the first connection of a firewire-based peripheral, windows detects the drive, and will install it automatically as a new peripheral, even if you have...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 29 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual windows 2000 and windows xp – ilink/dv after the first connection of a firewire-based peripheral, windows detects the drive, and will install it automatically as a new peripheral, even if you have pre...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 30 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual windows 2000 and windows xp – hi-speed usb 2.0 after the first connection of a usb-based peripheral, windows detects the drive, and will install it automatically as a new peripheral, even if you have ...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 31 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.3. Installing multiple devices 3.3.1. Firewire you can connect your drive to a computer via the firewire 800, firewire 400 and ilink/dv interfaces (you must use only one interface at a time). The fi...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 32 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.3.2. Usb technically, you can connect up to 127 individual usb peripherals at one time. However, you probably will not use more than 6 to 8 peripherals on your usb system. Most computers only have t...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 33 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.3.3 connecting digital video cameras to the lacie drive with both firewire 400 and firewire 800 interfaces, it is possible to connect a digital video camera directly to the lacie hard drive extreme ...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 34 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.4. Disconnecting your lacie drive firewire and usb external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. T...

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    3. Installing your lacie drive page 35 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 3.5. Switching between usb and firewire connections hi-speed usb 2.0, firewire 400 and firewire 800 are “hot-pluggable,” meaning that you can connect a drive to a usb or firewire port on your computer...

  • Page 36: 4. Using Your Lacie Drive

    4. Using your lacie drive page 36 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 4. Using your lacie drive formatting a disk consists of the following: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are re...

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    4. Using your lacie drive page 37 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 4.1. Formatting and partitioning your lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface once you have set-up your lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface, you can reformat or partition it to suit your ...

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    4. Using your lacie drive page 38 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 7) from the volume scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with current (mac os 10.X gives you the option of dividing th...

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    4. Using your lacie drive page 39 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 4.1.2. Windows users • windows 2000 and xp – use the disk management utility, which is native to the operating system. Formatting and partitioning using windows 2000 and windows xp the process of formattin...

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    4. Using your lacie drive page 40 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 10). Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum available size, unless you want multiple partitions on the same drive. Click next. 11) select as...

  • Page 41: 5. Tech Tips

    5. Tech tips page 41 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 5. Tech tips 5.1 file system formats 5.1.1. Mac users mac os 10.X users: the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface is pre- formatted as a mac os extended volume. You may customize the drive by reformatting and...

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    5. Tech tips page 42 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual mac os 9.X users: you will be able to format the drive in one of two formats, hfs (mac os standard) or hfs+ (mac os extended), using silverlining pro (for specific instructions, please refer to the silverlining user’s ...

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    5. Tech tips page 43 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 5.2. Available storage capacity a gigabyte (gb) means 1,000,000,000 bytes. In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it has to be formatted first. Formatting a disk consists of the following: the operating system erases a...

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    5. Tech tips page 44 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual information. 5.3.1. Firewire 800 ports and performance to utilize the newly enhanced firewire 800 performances, your computer must be equipped with a firewire 800 host bus adapter card (either sold separately, or integ...

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    5. Tech tips page 45 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 5.3.2. Hi-speed usb 2.0 ports and performance to utilize the enhanced hi-speed usb 2.0 performance, your computer must be equipped with a hi-speed usb 2.0 host bus adapter card (either sold separately, or integrated by...

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    5. Tech tips page 46 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 5.4. Hi-speed usb 2.0 vs. Firewire 400 vs. Firewire 800 trying to decide which interface to use, hi-speed usb 2.0, firewire 400 or firewire 800, can be a complicated decision. Your decision should be based on the follo...

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    6. Firewire questions & answers page 47 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 6. Firewire questions & answers what does ieee 1394 mean? Ieee (the institute of electrical and electronics engineers) refers to the engineering corps that developed the 1394th standard, defining the...

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    6. Firewire questions & answers page 48 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual what are the ideal uses for firewire? Firewire helped fuel a revolution for digital content creators, and was awarded a 2001 primetime emmy engineering award by the academy of television arts & scien...

  • Page 49: 7. Usb Questions & Answers

    7. Usb questions & answers page 49 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 7. Usb questions & answers what are the benefits of the usb interfaces? • cross-platform: use your usb peripherals on both mac and windows platforms. • “hot swappable”: no need to shut down or restart you...

  • Page 50: 7. Usb Questions & Answers

    7. Usb questions & answers page 50 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 7. Usb questions & answers what are the benefits of the usb interfaces? • cross-platform: use your usb peripherals on both mac and windows platforms. • “hot swappable”: no need to shut down or restart you...

  • Page 51: 8. Troubleshooting

    8. Troubleshooting page 51 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 8. Troubleshooting in the event that your lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have...

  • Page 52: 8.1. Mac  Users

    8. Troubleshooting page 52 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not recognized by the computer. Questions to ask does your computer’s configuration meet the minimum system requirements for use with this drive? Is the drive’s power supply connected and...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 53 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not recognized by the computer. A device connected to the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface is not recognized by the computer. Questions to ask is the drive connected to the ...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 54 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is working slowly. The drive is not running noticeably faster when connected via firewire 800. Questions to ask is the lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface connected directly to th...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 55 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not running noticeably faster when connected via hi-speed usb 2.0. Questions to ask are there other usb or firewire devices connected to the same port or hub? Are you operating in mac os ...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 56 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem error messages under mac os 10.X. Unplanned shutdown. Mac os 10.3.X “hangs” when you connect a lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface. The drive turns on and off when you turn your computer on...

  • Page 57: 8.2. Windows  Users

    8. Troubleshooting page 57 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not recognized by the computer. Questions to ask has the drive been formatted? Was the drive formatted as a removable disk? Does your computer’s operating system support the file system? ...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 58 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not recognized by the computer. Questions to ask are both ends of the firewire/usb cable firmly attached? Have the firewire drivers been installed correctly and enabled? Is there a confli...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 59 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is working slowly. The drive is not running noticeably faster when connected via firewire 800. The drive turns on and off when you turn your computer on and off. Questions to ask is the laci...

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    8. Troubleshooting page 60 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual the problem the drive is not running noticeably faster when connected via hi-speed usb 2.0. Questions to ask is the drive connected to a usb port on your computer, or to a usb hub? Is the drive connected to a hi-...

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    9. Contacting customer support page 61 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 9. Contacting customer support before you contact technical support 1) read the manuals and review the troubleshooting section. 2) try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only exte...

  • Page 62: Lacie Technical Support

    9. Contacting customer support page 62 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual lacie technical support lacie asia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact lacie belgium contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ lacie denmark contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/dk/c...

  • Page 63: 10. Warranty

    10. Warranty page 63 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual 10. Warranty lacie warrants your drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within...

  • Page 64: Glossary

    Glossary page 64 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual glossary asynchronous – data transfer method where the data is transferred independently of other processes. With this transfer method, the intervals between transmissions can vary, and data can be resent if it is initiall...

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    Glossary page 65 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual digital – discrete information that can be broken down to zero or one bits. Driver (peripheral manager) – a software component that enables the computer system to communicate with a peripheral. Most peripherals will not op...

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    Glossary page 66 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual kb (kilobit) – equivalent to 1,000 bits. Kb/s – kilobits per second. 480kb/s is equal to 60kb/s. Kb (kilobyte) – basically, this means 1,000 bytes, but it is actually 1,024 bytes. Kb/s – kilobytes per second. A means of me...

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    Glossary page 67 lacie hard drive extreme with triple interface user’s manual seek time – the amount of time (in thousandths of a second, or milliseconds) that it takes a hard drive’s read/write head to move to a specific location on the disk. Average seek, then, is the average of a large number of ...