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Index 1 Getting Started Package Contents …………………………………………...……. System Requirements ………………………………………….. Updating Your Operating System ……………………………... Handling Precautions 2 Setting Up External Storage Components …………………..………………. IDE Hard Drive Installation ….……………………………………… SATA Hard Drive Installation ….……………………………….. 3 24 25 Appendix Regulatory Compliance …………………………………………… Warranty Information …………………………………………… EAGLE | CONSUS Service and Support ……...………………… Understand EAGLE TECH Sub-Brand ……...
1 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing EAGLE | CONSUS W-SERIES product. Eagle | Consus W-Series SATA / IDE to USB2.0 External Storage System. It will not only save you money, but also space and time. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your EAGLE | CONSUS product. For the latest EAGLE | CONSUS product information and news, visit our Web Site at www.eagle-techusa.com Package Contents * Eagle | Consus W-Series SATA / IDE to USB2.
System Requirements Hardware Pentium® II, 200 MHz equivalent or newer for IBM compatible PC PowerPC G4, 350 MHz or newer for PowerPC-based Apple Computer Core® or newer for Intel-based Apple Computer Available High Speed USB 2.0 port SATA Hard Drive(s) Software Windows® Windows 2000 Pro / Server 2000 / Server 2003 / XP / Vista Macintosh® Mac® OS X v.10.2+ Note: For highest performance and reliability, EAGLE | CONSUS recommends that you install the latest service pack (SP) and updates.
2 Setting Up You will need a 3.5 inch SATA / IDE Hard Drive. Carefully follow the procedure to install the hard drive into the enclosure. Note: For pre-installed Hard Drive EAGLE | CONSUS enclosure, please skip this chapter and proceed to Chapter 3: Connecting the Drive. EAGLE | CONSUS W-SERIES Front and Rear View Power Switch – Turns the W-SERIES on / off Hard Drive access light – Indicates hard drive activity Power light – Indicates device is on USB 2.
IDE Hard Drive Installation NOTE: For SATA hard drive installation, go to page 9 1. Remove 2 screws from the rear. 2. Unplug (D1A, Red-Black Cable) HDD Access LED Connector and unplug (D2A, Blue-Black Cable) Power LED Connector from controller board.
3. Pull out the Disk Mounting Tray and connect Power and IDE cable to the hard drive. 4. Tighten up Hard Drives with 4 screws.
5. Plug in the (Red-Black Cable) “HDD Access LED” connector to D1A and (Blue-Black Cable) “Power LED” Connector to D2A on the controller board. 6.
7. Put the bezel and tighten up with 2 screws at the rear. 8.
SATA Hard Drive Installation 1. Remove 2 screws from the rear. 2. Unplug (D1A, Red-Black Cable) HDD Access LED Connector and unplug (D2A, Blue-Black Cable) Power LED Connector from Disk Mounting Tray.
3. Pull out the hard drive tray from the case and unplug the IDE cable and HDD power cable. 4. Connect the SATA data & power cable to the controller board.
5. Connect the SATA connector to the SATA Hard Drive. 6. Tighten up hard drive with 4 screws.
7. Plug in the (Red-Black Cable) “HDD Access LED” connector to D1A and (Blue-Black Cable) “Power LED” Connector to D2A on the controller board. 9.
10. Put the bezel and tighten up with 2 screws at the rear. 11.
3 Connecting the External Hard Drive Attention: ¾ Make sure power switch is OFF when attempt to connect DC power supply socket to the external hard drive. ¾ Connect the USB cable from the desktop / laptop to the external hard drive properly before turn on the power switch. Connecting the Cables 1. Connect the AC adapter cord to the DC power supply socket at the rear of the external hard drive. 2. Connect one end of the power cord to the AC adapter. 3.
Powering Up the Drive Press the power switch to turn on the unit. Wait 3 seconds after blue light illuminates. Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Your operating system will automatically detect the external drive after a “Found New Hardware” message pop up. Windows 98SE/ME Note: Eagle | Consus does not provide any tech supports for Windows98 platform since Microsoft has discontinued Windows 98SE. 1. Connect Eagle | Consus External Storage to your Computer. Turn on the power. 2.
4 Partition & Format the Hard Drive Windows XP/2000/2003 Note: For formatted Hard Drive, proceed to step 2. 1. Click the Start button and click on Control Panel, double-click the Administrative Tools, and then double-click the Computer Management. 2. Click the Disk Management under Storage. Your new Hard Drive should have the right capacity shown. (E.g. figure above Disk 1 is showing approximately 160GB). Right click the Disk 1, and choose Initialize Disk.
4. On the next page, choose your partition size then click Next. 5. After that, please assign a drive letter for the new Hard Drive, and go to Next. 6. To format a Hard Drive. Choose the NTFS as File System.
Allocation unit size as default. Assign a name in Volume label. Check the Perform a quick format to reduce format time. Click Next. 7. Confirm your setting and click Finish. 8. It would show the status as Formatting. 9. When the status change to Healthy, your new Hard Drive is ready to use.
10. Go to My Computer, your new drive should be listed there and ready to use. Mac OS X Note: If the warning does not show up, start at step 2. 1. A warning window will pop up for new and unformatted hard drive. Click Initialize. Skip Step 2 and continue at Step 3. 2. Click Go on the desk bar and choose Utilities, click Disk Utility.
3. Under the Disk Utilities, choose the new hard drive (1) and click Partition (2). Click Options to choose format other than Mac Extended (3) refer to Figure 1 at page 16. Choose the number of partition you want by clicking on the scroll bar (4). Name the new hard drive (5). Choose the Format (6) refer to Figure 2 at page 16. Define the Size if you want more than one partition or else, leave it as default (7). Make sure the configuration is right and click Partition (8).
Figure 1: 3 Options… Choose the partition for you hard drive. Click OK. Figure 2: 6 Format: Choose the format for your hard drive. 4. After the partitioning is done, an icon with the Name you assigned should appear on your Desktop. Just double click the icon to access the hard drive.
5 Disconnecting the Hard Drive CAUTION: To prevent data loss, be sure to close all active applications before shutting down the drive. Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista 1. Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your system tray (typically located on the bottom right corner of your desktop). 2. Select USB Mass Storage Device from the list and click Stop. 3. The following window is displayed. Select the drive to be disconnected and click OK.
Windows 98SE 1. Close all the application on Windows. 2. Be sure the drive isn’t running, press Power switch to shutdown the devices. 3. Disconnect the USB cable from your computer. Mac 1. Find the Removable Disk icon associated with drive you to disconnect, and drag it to the Trash icon on your desktop (it would turn to Eject icon). 2. After the disk icon disappears from the desktop, press the Power button to turn off your drive.
6 Troubleshooting To search the EAGLE | CONSUS technical support knowledge base and to view a complete list of FAQs for your operating system, visit our support Web site at www.eagle-techusa.com. Frequently Asked Questions – USB, FireWire, JBOD, and RAID Information Q: What is High-Speed USB? A: Hi-Speed USB is another name for USB 2.0, which provides transfer rates up to 40 times faster than USB 1.1. Upgrading to USB 2.
Q: What is JBOD, RAID? A: Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID); a collection of storage disks with a controller (or controllers) to manage the storage of data on the disks. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) is a disk array that without a controller, it can combines different sizes of Hard Drive together. Q: Why need USB and FireWire? A: USB is for PC user while FireWire is for Mac user. Most of the PC supports USB and most of the Mac supports FireWire.
reporting the drive is busy or in use. A: This is usually caused by a program that is trying to read from the drive. Be sure to close all application before removing the drive. Q: Why there is delayed write failure on my Windows XP? A: Delayed write failure errors have many causes, most of which are specific to individual computers. However, one of the most common causes is that some of the communication going between the computer and the external drive is blocked by a firewall.
If there is a pop-up when trying to transfer data, then click on allow option for requests from the USB or 1394 port. That will open the USB / 1394 ports. Be sure to pay close attention to what you are allowing through your firewall, you may not want to allow some programs access to your computer or the internet. Important: Be sure to enable the firewall after troubleshooting is complete.
Q: Why my Hard Drive isn’t showing the same space as it listed according to hard drive manufacturer? A: This is very common question by everybody. The answer is because there are two different definition of capacity of hard drive between hard drive manufacturer and Operating System company. For example, hard drive manufacturer define 1GB = 1000MB but operating system company define 1GB=1024MB. Therefore, if you have a 250GB hard drive, but it shows only about 237GB on Windows XP.
This formula calculates a number representing the total number of bytes (characters) that can be stored on the hard drive. This is a decimal number, to convert this number to the decimal equivalent of the binary Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB), this value must be divided by the decimal value of a binary MB or GB. The decimal equivalent of 1 MB (220) is 1,048,576 and 1 GB (230) is 1,073,741,824. Example for a 3.5 GB hard drive: 6,800 * 16 * 63 * 512 = 3,509,452,800 bytes or 3.
7 Appendix Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates ‘uses’ and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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