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Contents General Operations ........................................... 4 QuickStart Guide ............................................... 6 Drivers and your FireBay .................................. 7 The FireBay and your Mac ................................ 9 The FireBay, with expansion bay device, is connected to your Mac prior to booting ...........................................................................................
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 3 Congratulations on your purchase of the MCE FireBay - FireWire expansion bay for PowerBook expansion bay devices! The MCE FireBay is a very unique and highly innovative device that allows you to take expansion bay devices, previously usable only in the expansion bay slots of Apple PowerBook (FireWire) and PowerBook G3 Series – 1999 (Bronze) systems, and use them as portable, high-speed, bus-powered FireWire devices on any PowerMac, PowerBook, iMac, iBook, PowerMac Cube or PC wit
MCE FireBay User’s Guide unsightly cables. Up to three FireBays may be stacked together without the need for extra power!. Included with the FireBay is a 6 pin to 6 pin FireWire cable and Intech’s Hard Disk Speed Tools FireWire drivers. For the highest level of compatibility between the FireBay, your expansion bay devices, and your Mac, it is highly recommended that you use MacOS v9.1 or later.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide • • • • • 5 The FireBay can be disconnected from your Mac while your Mac is running. Expansion bay devices can be inserted into the FireBay either before or after your Mac has started up. If you plan to use a PowerBook expansion bay hard drive in the FireBay and, at other times, in your PowerBook’s expansion bay, then it is recommended that you only initialize and partition the drive while in the PowerBook’s expansion bay using Apple’s Drive Setup disk utility program.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide QuickStart Guide This section gets you up and running quickly if you are using Mac OS 9.1 or later, including Mac OS X. 1. Completely insert an expansion bay device into the FireBay. 2. Make sure the FireBay’s rear power switch is in the’“ON” position. 3. Plug one end of the FireWire cable to your Mac’s FireWire port and the other end into the FireBay. 4. If your Mac is on, then the FireBay’s expansion bay device is ready for immediate use.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 7 Drivers and your FireBay The most important aspect regarding the successful use of your FireBay is having the correct FireWire drivers installed. Beginning with Mac OS 9.1, Apple’s native FireWire drivers, specifically FireWire Support v2.7 and FireWire Enabler v2.7 extensions and later, recognized third-party FireWire storage devices. The FireBay was specifically designed to utilize these native FireWire drivers.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 5. Under the “File” menu select”“Open...” 6. In the dialog box which appears select the “Mac OS 9.1 Update”, then select “Software Installers”, then select “System Software”, then select “Mac OS 9.1”, then select “Installation Tome”. 7. A window will open titled “Archive: Installation Tome” which displays the contents of the tome. Scroll down until you see the two extensions labeled FireWire Enabler and FireWire Support. 8.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 9 1. If necessary, install Toast onto the Mac to which you will connect the FireBay. 2. Activate the “Toast CD Reader” extension and “Toast FireWire Support” extensions in the Extensions Manager control panel. 3. Install the included Intech Hard Disk Speed Tools program, which loads the necessary FireWire hard disk extensions. This will give you all of the FireWire drivers you will need to use the FireBay with your pre OS 9.1 Mac.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide The FireBay, without expansion bay device, is connected to your Mac prior to booting: 1. Make sure that the FireBay’s rear power switch is in the “ON” position. 2. If not already connected, connect one end of the FireWire cable to your Mac’s FireWire port and the other end to the rear FireWire port of the FireBay. 3. Start up your Mac. 4. Once your Mac has finished booting, you may insert an expansion bay device into the FireBay at your convenience. 5.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 11 Putting your Mac to sleep while connected to FireBay (Mac OS X only): 1. Drag any icons corresponding to the FireBay’s expansion bay device to the trash; or highlight the icon(s) and select’“Eject” (Command-E) under the “File” menu. 2. Put the Mac to sleep. 3. Upon waking, perform a “Device Reset” by switching the FireBay’s rear power switch to the “OFF” position for five seconds, then back to the”“ON” position. 1.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide Disconnecting the FireBay from your Mac while running: 1. Drag the icon corresponding to the FireBay to the trash; or highlight the icon and select “Put Away” (Command-Y) under the “File” menu (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x); or highlight the icon and select “Eject” (Command-E) under the “File” menu. (Mac OS X) 2. Disconnect the FireWire cable from the rear of the FireBay. Stacking the FireBay Two or more FireBays can be stacked without requiring extra cables.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 13 7. If you leave them empty and fill them later while the Mac is on, be sure to fill them starting with the lower FireBay. (It may be necessary to perform a “Device Reset” as you fill each FireBay in order to activate each expansion bay device properly.) 8. Startup your Mac. 9. The stacked FireBays with expansion bay devices will be ready for immediate use. Unstacking FireBay Devices: 1. Make sure that the Mac is off or the FireBay’s FireWire cable is disconnected. 2.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide MacOS 8.6 through MacOS 9.0.4 users: MacOS 8.6 through MacOS 9.0.4 requires third-party FireWire Hard Disk drivers in order to recognize FireWire Hard Drives. If you already use FireWire hard drives with your Mac, there is some chance that the third-party hard disk drivers already installed on your Mac will work with the FireBay and expansion bay hard drive. Follow the steps below and check to see if the expansion bay hard drive mounts onto the desktop.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 15 MacOS X users: MacOS X also does not require third party hard disk FireWire drivers in order to recognize the FireBay.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide It cannot be stressed strongly enough that in order to enjoy the very highest level of compatibility between the FireBay, expansion bay devices and the Mac(s) you will use them with, it is necessary to be running Mac OS 9.1 or later.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 17 regarding this, we will post it on our website at http:// www.mcetech.com. An excellent website for infor-mation regarding connecting DVD’s to different Macs along with DVD Player Software is located at: http://web.tiscali.it/thinkdifferent/index.html TroubleShooting the FireBay Here are some tips to try if your FireBay doesn’t seem to be behaving correctly.
MCE FireBay User’s Guide 8. Once your Mac has finished booting, the expansion bay device in the FireBay should be ready for immediate use. If it is a hard drive, then its icon will have mounted on the desktop, and if it is a CD-based device then you may insert a CD and its icon should mount within moments. 9. If there is no activity from the FireBay, turn the rear switch of the FireBay to the “OFF” position for five seconds and then back to the “ON” position.
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