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Chapter 1 Introduction 

Icon Key 

Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin 

that denote either Notes or Special Remarks as outlined below: 

 

  

General Notes and Tips 

 

Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS 

 

Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS 

  

  

 

 

The IceCube Pleiades 

The External Storage Enclosure “IceCube Pleiades” is made of 

high quality aluminum, excellent for heat-dissipation. Available 

with various types of interfaces, this is the perfect solution for 

additional external storage, data backup as well as for 

transferring data between computers and platforms. 

 

Product Dimensions: 

23.0cm x 14.0 cm x 5.0 cm 

    9.05” 

5.50” 

1.95” 

 

 

Available Interfaces 

  USB 2.0 High Speed 

 Firewire 1394a 

  Firewire 1394a & USB 2.0 

  Firewire 1394a & Firewire 800 & USB 2.0 

  Firewire 800 (1394b) 

  Serial ATA (For Serial ATA Hard Drive!) 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for IceCube

Page 1: ...External Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drive IceCube Pleiades User Manual Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...ALLATION ON A PC 6 WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A USB OR FIREWIRE CONNECTION 6 WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A SERIAL ATA CONNECTION 6 WIN98SE WITH A FIREWIRE CONNECTION 6 WIN98 SE WITH A USB CONNECTION 6 UNPLUG PRO...

Page 3: ...ge Enclosure IceCube Pleiades is made of high quality aluminum excellent for heat dissipation Available with various types of interfaces this is the perfect solution for additional external storage da...

Page 4: ...0 WinXP 1394a equipped PC Win98SE WinME Win2000 WinXP 1394b equipped PC Win2000 WinXP Serial ATA equipped PC Win2000 WinXP Mac Requirements Minimum Apple G3 processor G4 for 1394b 64MB RAM USB 1 1 equ...

Page 5: ...ad the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully before doing so as this might void your warranty Chapter 2 Installing the Hard Drive Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 4 screws on the b...

Page 6: ...bridge board and your hard drive before you close up the case Hard Drive Assembly Connect the ATA cable and the power line to your hard drive Install the hard drive and fasten the screws Align the to...

Page 7: ...red update your Operating System or BIOS Only one interface at the time can be used Only one computer at the time can access the drive To use one drive on several computers it can be shared through on...

Page 8: ...omputer and start Windows Connect the IceCube Pleiades and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive Win98SE with a Firewire c...

Page 9: ...OS 10 x with a Firewire or USB connection Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the IceCube Pleiades and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up...

Page 10: ...ftware running MS DOS we recommend you to format the drive using FAT32 Partitioning Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive so make sure you have a backup This s...

Page 11: ...e DOS command under Win98SE or WinME or change to NTFS format If you can not see the drive make sure the jumper settings of your hard drive are correct the drivers are installed and the power is turne...

Page 12: ...ard drive are correct there are no extension conflicts and the power is turned on Mac OS Mac OS9 2 and earlier does not support creating partitions on an external drive To do that you would need to pu...

Page 13: ...echnology Co LTD all Rights Reserved The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable Macpower Tytech Technology assumes no responsibility for any errors contained in t...

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