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Orion                                                                                                                User Guide 

 

 

System Requirements 

 

PC Requirements 

 
 

  Minimum Intel Processor III 500MHz, 128MB RAM 

 

  USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP or above 

 

  USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP or above 

 

  Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding 

port (eg. USB 2.0 or PCI card). 

 
 

 

 

Mac Requirements 

 

  Minimum Apple G3 processor, 128MB RAM 

 

  USB 1.1 equipped Mac; Mac OS 9.2, 10.1.5, 10.2 or above 

 

  USB 2.0 equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above 

 

  Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding 

port (eg. USB 2.0 or PCI card). 

 
 

 
 
 

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 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. 
 
 
 

Chapter 1 - Introduction 

 

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Summary of Contents for Storage enclosure

Page 1: ...Orion Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Hard Drives User Manual English v1 0 October 18 2006 EN...

Page 2: ...ABOUT DATA BACKUP 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE HDD 3 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 5 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 5 DETAILED VIEW 5 REAR VIEW 5 INSTALLATION ON A PC 6 REMOVAL PROCEDURE 6 INSTALLATION ON A MAC...

Page 3: ...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 Pr...

Page 4: ...g port eg USB 2 0 or PCI card 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...

Page 5: ...the 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 before doing so as this could void...

Page 6: ...n Be careful not to damage any cables or components and double check the connection between the cables the bridge board and your hard drive before you close up the case 5 Slide the cover back into pla...

Page 7: ...hat the Host Card driver is up to date Do not cover the Enclosure and leave enough room around it for the drive to cool down Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Always check for vis...

Page 8: ...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 drive For fa...

Page 9: ...ion 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 show up...

Page 10: ...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 step is...

Page 11: ...P 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 for further commands Choose New Partition Follow...

Page 12: ...change this at a later point it s required to format the drive again If you are formatting the drive using the file system FAT32 the maximum size for a single file will be restricted to 4GB Select Dis...

Page 13: ...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 2006 by Macpower Tyt...

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