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Chapter 1 Introduction

About IEEE1394 ..............................................

Product Overview ............................................

Features ............................................................

System Requirements ......................................

Packing List .....................................................

Parts Terminology ...........................................

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Mounting a 3.5" HDD to the HDD Case .......

Mounting a 2.5" HDD to the HDD Case .......

Chapter 3 Installation under Wi n d o w s 9 8 S E

Connecting the RX-35F to a PC .....................

Verifying the Installation ................................

Removing the RX-35F .....................................

Chapter 4 Installation under Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0

Connecting the RX-35F to a PC .....................

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Appendix A

A Installation Procedure forMacintosh Users

Installing the Driver ..........................................

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Summary of Contents for PCi RX-35F

Page 1: ... Kanda Takahashi Bldg 1 7 Kanda Sudacho Chiyoda Ku Tokyo 101 0041 Japan Tel 81 3 3256 9091 Fax 81 3 3256 9207 TAIWAN http www planex com tw E mail info planex planex com tw 11F No 190 Chung Cheng Rd Hsin Tien Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 2910 0115 Fax 886 2 2910 0116 ...

Page 2: ...RX 35F ...

Page 3: ...separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from the one which the receiver is connected to Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment Warnings Wear ...

Page 4: ... Be sure to read this chapter before installing the product Chapter 3 Installation under Windows98SE Provides a step by step installation procedure for Windows98SE PCs Chapter 4 Installation under Windows2000 Describes how to install the HDD case on a Windows2000 PC Chapter 5 Using a New Hard Disk Drive Explains how to format a HDD and configure the HDD for the RX 35F Appendix B Troubleshooting Pr...

Page 5: ... 4 Installation under Windows2000 Connecting the RX 35F to a PC RX 35F RX 35F 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 9 11 12 13 15 5 6 3 1 2 3 Verifying the Installation Removing the RX 35F Chapter 5 Using a New Hard Disk Drive Windows98SE Windows2000 Appendix A A Installation Procedure forMacintosh Users Installing the Driver Connecting the RX 35F to a Macintosh Verifying the Installation Removing the RX ...

Page 6: ...support can be connected in one stream and the maximum spacing between adjacent devices is 4 5 meters The standard certainly supports essential features of today s interface including 1 Hot Swap and 2 simple connector shapes excluding the fiber optic connector there are just two types 4 pin and 6 pin models of connector for IEEE1394 While IEEE1394 devices can be daisy chained like SCSI they can be...

Page 7: ...nd IEEE1394a Version2 0 Supports high speed transfer mode 400Mbps max Equipped with two 6pin IEEE1394 pots allows the user to daisy chain additional RX 35F s and other IEEE1394 devices Supports any standard 3 5 2 5 IDE HDD on the market Fully supports Plug Play Lightweight compact case Equipped with a cooling fan for HDD Equipped with a status LED indicator Can be placed in a vertical position ide...

Page 8: ...whenever the device is active powered The LED is turned off if the IEEE1394 port or attached IEEE1394 device fails IEEE1394 Port The adapter is equipped with two 6pin IEEE1394 ports One port is used to connecto to your PC and the other port links to another IEEE1394 device via daisy chain Either port can be used to attach to the PC Bottom View 1 5 Packing List Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Model No The mo...

Page 9: ... this chapter Warning Extra special care must be taken on the installation of HDDs Please refer to the user s manual of the HDD for detailed safety instructions Always hold your HDD in the following manner see below Handling the HDD in any other manner may result in permanent damage to the HDD itself 1 Firmly hold the lower part of the HDD case and pull up the portion indicated by the arrow to rem...

Page 10: ...er connector When the 3 5 HDD is mounted its upper top side faces up Set the jumper s of the HDD to Master For HDDs from WesternDigital Single config 5 Attach the power connector and insert the 3 5 HDD into the RX 35F case 6 Align the screw holes on the sides of the 3 5 HDD with the screw holes on the sides of the HDD case and secure the HDD with the supplied screws Hardware installation is now co...

Page 11: ...on Since the RX 35F supports Hot Plug you can attach the adapter without powering off the adapter as well as the PC Moreover there is no need to install a device driver in advance the RX 35F works perfectly with a driver which comes standard in Windows98SE 1 Turn on the power of your PC and start Windows 2 Power on the RX 35F to boot the HDD If the HDD starts normally the pci logo on the top of th...

Page 12: ... and click on the Delete Remove button Then re install the adapter following the steps described in Section 3 1 The RX 35F supports Hot Plug and it may be removed while the PC and the adapter itself are up and running To ensure safe operation however it is recommended to perform the following steps to remove the RX 35F 1 Open Control Panel in My Computer 2 Open the System icon and click on the Dev...

Page 13: ...ci logo on the top of the adapter illuminates in green 3 Using an IEEE1394 cable connect one of the two IEEE1394 ports on the RX 35F to the IEEE1394 port on your PC The HDD in the adapter will be automatically detected and an icon for the RX 35F will be added in the list of drives in My Computer Now the HDD in the RX 35F is ready for use Caution Do not turn off the power switch on the RX 35F or re...

Page 14: ...5F 1 Open Control Panel in My Computer and then open System as well 2 Select the Hardware tab and then click on the Device Manager tab 3 Verify that an icon labeled LSILogic SYM13FW500 Disk DRIVE IEEE1394 SBP2 Device is visible under Disk Drive If this icon is not visible under Disk Drive OR a or symbol appears for the item it means that the driver has not been installed properly Either remove and...

Page 15: ...o take to use a new HDD for the first time Any misuse of the FDISK utility may COMPLETELY DELETE the entire contents of your hard disk drive Great care should be taken to use the utility at any moment PCI assumes no responsibility for damage caused by misuse or careless handling of the utility 1 Start Windows and click on the Start button in the Windows task bar Then select Program and click on MS...

Page 16: ...ent fixed disk drive option 5 The utility lists all the IDE HDD s connected to the PC Select the drive whose Usage is no value is shown 6 Select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive option and then Create Primary DOS Partition The utility asks you whether you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition To allocate the maximum available size for this partition enter ...

Page 17: ... added HDD The HDD will be indicated by a driver number that was previously unavailable In the example below the system recognizes the newly added drive as Drive E 11 Click on the drive and then click the right button of the mouse 12 Select the Format option from the menu Now check the Format option and click on the Start button to format the HDD see below This operation will delete all the data i...

Page 18: ...00 and open Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools and then click on the Computer Management icon 2 In the tree structure appearing on the left click on Disk Management Windows2000 will then list all the drives attached to the system 3 To the PC attach the RX 35F with an HDD which has not been formatted yet The new HDD will be detected and displayed in the disk list as an unassigned devic...

Page 19: ...desired value capacity and click on the Next button In this example the maximum capacity for the drive is specified 7 Now you can assign a drive number letter to the new HDD Enter a drive letter and click on the Next button In this example the new HDD is treated as Drive E 8 In the next window specify the file system allocation unit size and volume label of the partition you wish to format Click o...

Page 20: ...eater has been properly installed on a Power Macintosh For an detailed MacOS installation procedure please refer to your MacOS User s Manual 1 Set the supplied CD ROM to the CD ROM drive on your Macintosh 2 An icon for the CD ROM will be displayed Double click this icon to display its contents 3 Drag formedia FireWire RBC Driver and Formedia FireWire HD Driver into the Extensions folder located in...

Page 21: ...device will be un mounted 2 Remove the IEEE1394 cable from the RX 35F Caution The following message will appear if the cable is removed before unmounting the device from the system No response from FireWire disk the contents of the disk may be damaged if the problem is not resolved The actual message may vary slightly from this statement If this is the case attach the IEEE1394 to the device again ...

Page 22: ...ve even though I have already installed the driver If you are using a newly purchased HDD a DOS partition needs to be created in the drive and it needs to be formatted as well Refer to Chapter 5 and complete these tasks The copying speed is somewhat slower compared with an ordinary IDE UltraATA connection Due to the IEEE1394 and product specifications it is normal that the data transfer speed via ...

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