Macally G-S350SUAB User manual - Hardware Installation

Manual is about: IEEE1394A/IEEE1394B FireWire/Hi-Speed USB2.0/eSATA 3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drive Enclosure

Summary of G-S350SUAB

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    Ieee1394a/ieee1394b firewire/hi-speed usb2.0/esata 3.5” serial ata hard drive enclosure g-s350suab user's manual.

  • Page 3: Usb2.0/esata

    3 introducing ieee1394a/ieee1394b firewire/hi-speed usb2.0/esata 3.5" hard drive enclosure - g-s350suab thank you for choosing the g-s350suab aluminum ieee1394a/ieee1394b firewire/ hi-speed usb2.0/esata 3.5" hard drive enclosure. This aluminum enclosure supports 3.5” sata hard drive up to 1tb. It is...

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Package contents the g-s350suab-aluminum ieee1394a/ieee1394b firewire/hi-speed usb2.0 /esata 3.5" hard drive enclosure package includes the following software and documentation: g-s350suab enclosure 9 pin-9 pin1394b firewire cable usb2.0 cable software cd containing the drivers and manual ac/dc adap...

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    5 on transportation save the packing materials as you may need to repack and transport the unit at a later date. Always remove the disc before moving the unit. On power sources when you are not using the unit for a long time, disconnect the power cord from the unit. To unplug the ac power adapter fr...

  • Page 6: Hardware Basic

    Hardware basic precaution: please make sure your hand is dry and remove static from your body by touching metal parts of your computer chassis. 6 1 — back panel 2 — 2 -6mm screws 3 --- enclosure sleeve 4 — base tray bridge 5 — 6 -5mm screws 6 — 8 -4mm screws 7 — front panel 8 — base tray 9 — power o...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    7 hardware installation note: the diagrams below uses the g-s350u enclosure as an example. 1. Unscrew to loosen the enclosure back panel. Remove the back panel. 2. Use your fingers to push the base tray out..

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    8 3. Pull the enclosure sleeve out from the base tray and place it aside. 4. Align the black power/sata connector on the hard drive to the black female sata connector on the base plate bridge, and push the drive into the connector completely. 5. Secure the hdd to the base tray with 2 hard drive scre...

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    9 front sleeve 6. Push the base tray into the enclosure sleeve. 7. Secure the base tray and enclosure sleeve with two 6mm screws. 8. Plug the ac/dc adapter into the enclosure, and connect the unit to your computer using a usb cable ,firewire cable or esata cable. Then press the power button to turn ...

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    11 it is important to note that different sata host adapters handle the power sequence in different way. Some support all five power sequence modes, the other can only support hot boot. G-s350suab supports all five power sequence modes. To find out what your sata host adapter is capable of, please c...

  • Page 13: Pc Windows 2000/xp/vista

    13 hard drive partition and format procedures in pc windows 2000/xp/vista if you can see a new entry under disk drives of device manager, you are ready to partition and format the drive. 1. Open control panel, “administrative tools” and “computer management”. Step 2 2. Click on “disk management”. St...

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    14 4. Write a signature to the new drive, click “next”. 5. Click “finish” to close the wizard. Step 4 step 5.

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    15 6. Select the new “unallocated” disk, and then right click to choose “create partition”. Step 7 7. Follow the onscreen instruction to partition and fully format the drive. *note: if it assigns a new hard drive letter but format dose not run automatically, please exit “computer management”, and fi...

  • Page 16: Frequently Asked Questions

    16 frequently asked questions q1, what are sata, sata i, sata ii, esata any way? How are they related to g-s350suab enclosure? A1: sata stands for serial ata, in contrast to old parallel ata (ide, eide, ata and atapi) technology. Sata starts with 1.5gb/s specification, and evolves to 3.0gb/s specifi...

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    17 q2. How should i disconnect g-s350suab safely from the computer? After i disconnect the sata enclosure, why does the drive icon still stay on the desktop of macos x? A2: for firewire or usb connection in windows pc, please click “safely remove mass storage device - drive letter” line inside safel...

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    18 q3. How is sata compared to usb and firewire in speed? What performance gain can one expect by using sata connection? A3: following chart shows the specification data rate(mbps) and overhead among usb, firewire and sata. Next table compares real world benchmark between usb, firewire and sata driv...