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Orion II                                                                                                             User Guide 

 

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System Requirements 

 
 

PC Requirements 

 

  Minimum Intel Processor III 500MHz, 128MB RAM 

 

  USB 1.1 equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP or Windows Vista 

 
 

  USB 2.0 equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP or Windows Vista 

 

  eSATA equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP or Windows Vista 

 

  Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding 

port (eg. USB 2.0 or PCI card) 

 
 

  eSATA Plug and Play support required for host card driver 

 

 

 

Mac Requirements 

 

  Minimum Apple G4 processor, 128MB RAM 

 

  USB 1.1 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.1.5 or above 

 

  USB 2.0 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above 

 

  eSATA equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.3 or above 

  Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding 

port (eg. USB 2.0 or PCI card) 

  eSATA Plug and Play support required for host card driver 

 
 

LED Indicator 

The Orion is using a single blue LED. 

 

 

Blue LED 

Status ON, power ON 

ON 

Status ON, data access 

Flickering 

Status OFF 

OFF 

 

About Data Backup 

To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data, we 
strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data, one 
copy on your external drive and a second copy either on your 
internal drive or another storage media such as CD, DVD, Tape 
or an additional external drive.  
 
Any loss or corruption of data while using the Orion is the sole 
responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will the 
manufacturer be held liable for compensation or the recovery of 
this data. 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Orion II

Page 1: ...Orion II Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drives User Manual v1 0 EN...

Page 2: ...DATA BACKUP 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE HDD 3 USB 2 0 ESATA 3 USB 2 0 5 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 7 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 7 DETAILED VIEW 7 REAR VIEW USB 2 0 ESATA 7 REAR VIEW USB 2 0 7 INSTALLATI...

Page 3: ...e aluminium plastic enclosure fits together perfectly to secure your valuable data content Orion stays cool without a fan or heat sink keeping the design compact and virtually silent during operation...

Page 4: ...OS 10 3 or above Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port eg USB 2 0 or PCI card eSATA Plug and Play support required for host card driver LED Indicator The Orion is using a singl...

Page 5: ...HDD Your unit may come with a pre installed hard drive Before opening such an enclosure please read the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully as this could void your warranty USB 2...

Page 6: ...drive with the 2 screws from the bottom as seen in following illustration 5 Slide the cover back into place 6 Fasten the 2 screws on the rear panel to finish the assembly 7 Use the two stickers to co...

Page 7: ...bridge board and your hard drive before you close up the case USB 2 0 1 Remove the 2 screws on the rear panel of the enclosure 2 Slide and lift the cover off the body 3 Carefully install the hard driv...

Page 8: ...roughed up surface on the inside of the top cover Be careful not to damage any components during the installation 6 Slide the cover back into place 7 Fasten the 2 screws on the rear panel to finish th...

Page 9: ...he drive to cool down Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Always check for visible damage and defects of power and interface cables before using it We recommend using the cables and...

Page 10: ...drive before it can be used Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the Orion and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard...

Page 11: ...a partition first and format the drive before it will show up Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Orion and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and...

Page 12: ...o erase all data on your drive PC running Windows Disk Management Program Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it...

Page 13: ...t Disk Utility in the utilities folder Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirement For Mac OS X we recommend formatting the drive using the native Mac file system HFS also k...

Page 14: ...ual covers all interfaces and combinations for the Orion enclosure Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2007 by Macpower...

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