LaCie KY0730482 manuel d'utilisation

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    Contents page 1 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Contents How to Use this Manual 2 Foreword 3 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Icons Used In This Manual 4 1.2 What Is SCSI? 5 1.3 LaCie Storage Utilities Software 5 2. Getting T o Know Y our LaCie Hard Drive 7 2.1 Minimum System Requirements 7 2.2 LaCie SCSI Hard Drive - Views 7 2.3 Attaching The Drive Stand 9 2.4 SCSI[...]

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    How to Use this Manual page 2 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive How to Use This Manual In the toolbar: On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Click on any red text to automatically jump to more information about that topic. Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are for[...]

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    Copyrights Copyright © 2002 LaCie. All rights reser ved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. T rademarks Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered tr[...]

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    2. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie Hard Drive. This hard drive will give you a unique combination of compatibility and convenience, as well as generous storage capacity . LaCie Hard Drives are ideal for professionals and home users, and for various applications such as databases, desktop publishing, digital content cr[...]

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    Introduction page 5 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Manual Updates LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up-to-date, comprehensive User’ s Manuals available on the market. It is our goal to provide you with a friendly , easy-to-use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device. If your manual doe[...]

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    Introduction page 6 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive PC Users Using Windows 2000 and Windows XP Use the formatting and par titioning capabilities that are included with your operating system. Please see page 14 for more details. PC Users Using Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) and Windows Me Y ou have the option of using Silverlining 98, included with your dr[...]

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    2. Getting T o Know Y our LaCie Hard Drive What can your external hard drive do? • Store and exchange data between several computers. • Back up your computer’ s internal hard drive. • Store files created by your various applications. 2.1 Minimum System Requirements Hardware Requirements: • Mac or PC equipped with SCSI card or built-in SCS[...]

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    Back View 1 – Power supply connector This is where you plug in the AC adapter supplied with the drive. 2 – SCSI connectors Where you plug in the SCSI cable furnished with the drive. 3 – V entilation outlet Helps to keep your drive cool during operation. Be sure not to block this opening when using your drive. 4 – Lock slot This slot is used[...]

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    2.3 Attaching the Drive Stand Y ou can use your LaCie drive in its upright position after installing the stand. 1) From the rear of the drive, slide the stand rail into the side groove of your LaCie drive as shown. 2) Slide the stand for ward until its rail touches the rear of the drive. 3) Tighten the two socket screws from the underside of the st[...]

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    3. Setting Up Y our LaCie Hard Drive Connecting the Power Supply T o operate the drive, you must use the AC adapter supplied with it. This adapter may feature a locking mechanism that will prevent the power cord from accidentally being unplugged while your drive is operating. W arning! Use only the AC adapter supplied with your LaCie drive. Using a[...]

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    Setting Up Y our LaCie Hard Drive page 11 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 3.1 Installing Y our LaCie Hard Drive There are five main steps to this installation process: 3.1.1 - SCSI Card V erification 3.1.2 - Setting the SCSI ID Number 3.1.3 - Connecting the Drive to the Computer 3.1.4 - Drive Recognition 3.1.5 - Software Installation 3.1.1 - SCSI Card V e[...]

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    Setting Up Y our LaCie Hard Drive page 12 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 3.1.3 - Connecting the Drive to the Computer 1) Power down your computer . 2) Connect your drive’ s power supply cable to the main power outlet. 3) Connect one end of your SCSI cable to the SCSI port on your computer , or to a drive in your SCSI chain, if more than one SCSI periph[...]

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    Setting Up Y our LaCie Hard Drive page 13 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive T o install Silverlining Pro for use on Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x, proceed as follows: 1) Insert the LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your computer’ s internal CD/DVD drive. 2) Open the CD icon and double click "LaCie Installer ." 3) The Silverlining Utilities screen appears. Clic[...]

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    4. Formatting and Par titioning Y our LaCie Hard Drive Once you have set-up your LaCie Hard Drive, you can reformat or par tition it to suit your needs. 4.1 Mac Users • Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x – Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your drive. • Mac OS 10.x – Use the "Apple Disk Utility" application, which is [...]

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    Formatting and Par titioning Y our Drive page 15 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 8) This will bring up the "Create Partition Wizard." Click "Next." 9) Select "Primar y Par tition." Click "Next." 10) Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the par tition set to the maximum available siz[...]

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    Formatting and Par titioning Y our Drive page 16 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 3) Ensure that "View devices by type" is selected. Expand the menu next to "Disk Drives" by clicking the "plus" sign, and current hard drives connected to the computer will be listed. Next, connect the hard drive and click "Refresh." A [...]

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    T echnical Information page 17 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 5. T echnical Infor mation 5.1 User Advice When Using SCSI The following technical information relates to your LaCie Hard Drive and gives some practical advice: Power Save The LaCie Hard Drive manages power consumption. If the system’ s power save feature suppor ts it, the drive will spin do[...]

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    W arning! Y our LaCie drive is not compatible with HVD devices or buses! Never connect your LaCie drive to an HVD bus or peripheral. Doing so may damage your drive and/or system, and will void your warranty . L VD (Low V oltage Differential) – This latest addition to the SCSI inter face, which became important with Ultra2 SCSI, combines all of th[...]

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    3) Avoid mixing L VD and SE devices in the same SCSI chain. For perfor mance reasons, it is important to not mix LVD and SE devices on the same chain. An all-L VD or all-SE chain will generally perfor m more reliably than a mixed chain. While it is technically possible to mix L VD and SE devices on the same SCSI chain, doing so will limit the perfo[...]

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    T echnical Information page 20 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 32 volume sizes can range from less than 1 MB all the way to 2TB. It is the native file system of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and is supported by Windows 2000 and XP . When F A T 32 is used with Windows 2000 and XP , though, volume size is limited to 32GB (by the Windows partition utility , i.e[...]

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    T echnical Information page 21 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS 8.1 and later . HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by using hard disk space more efficiently . As hard disk capacity increased over the years, Apple realized that they needed to improve the space[...]

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    6. T roubleshooting In the event that your LaCie Hard Drive is not working correctly , please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is still not working correct ly , please have a look at the F AQs that are regularly published on our [...]

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    Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The drive is not recognized. Are both ends of the SCSI cable Check both ends of the SCSI cable. If the connected and properly seated? drive is still not recognized, turn of f the computer , then turn of f your peripheral(s). Disconnect the cables, reconnect them and turn on your peripheral(s) and computer[...]

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    T roubleshooting page 24 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The drive is not recognized. Is the terminator on the LaCie drive set Check the terminator . It should be attached correctly? for an L VD/Wide drive only if it is the last device in your SCSI chain. Other wise, it should not be attached. Are the pins and h[...]

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    T roubleshooting page 25 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The SCSI card is not recognized. Is the SCSI card driver installed Windows 2000 Users: Go to Start > Settings correctly and enabled? > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button > SCSI Controller > click on the + sig[...]

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    7. Contacting Customer Suppor t Before Y ou Call T echnical Support 1) Read the manuals and review the T roubleshooting section. 2) T r y to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure all cables are correctly and firmly attached. If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in th[...]

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    Contacting Customer Suppor t page 27 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive T echnical Suppor t Help Hours - continued Italy • Monday through Friday , 9 AM – 6PM Contact Us At: T echnical Suppor t: • 39 02 89 14 09 20 • support.it@lacie.com Spain • Monday through Friday , 9 AM - 2PM and 4PM - 7PM Contact Us At: T echnical Suppor t: • 34 91 323 8311 ?[...]

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    Contacting Customer Suppor t page 28 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 7.1 W arranty LaCie warrants your hard drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its option, repair or repla[...]

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    Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 29 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 8. Appendix 1 – SCSI Questions and Answers For the new user , SCSI terminology can be a little daunting. The table below was designed to help you get a clearer understanding of what the different SCSI names mean and their per formance characteristics. Before you read the chart, let’ s d[...]

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    Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 30 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive The best solution for mixing Wide and Narrow devices is to use a host adapter that has built-in support for separate segments or channels for Wide and Narrow devices. Using this sort of host adapter will enable you to set up the Wide and Narrow devices separately , using a Narrow cable and [...]

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    Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 31 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive For example, if you connect an Ultra2 (L VD) Wide hard drive (with a theoretical maximum throughput of 80MB/s and maximum cable length of 12 m) to an Ultra Wide (SE) bus (whose theoretical maximum throughput is 40MB/s and maximum cable length 1.5 m), the Ultra2 hard drive will operate in Ul[...]

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    Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 32 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive throughput of 5Mb/s), but you are better off using active ter minators on all SCSI single-ended applications. L VD SCSI devices must have external active terminators. What are device IDs, priority and arbitration? How do they affect the per formance of the devices in my SCSI chain? Each SCS[...]

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    Glossar y page 33 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 9. Glossar y Buffer - RAM cache that is faster than the data that is being delivered. Buffers are used so data may be stored and delivered to the receiving item, as it is needed. Bus - Electronic links that enable data to flow between the processor , RAM and extension cables (peripherals). Configuration - [...]

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    Interface - Junction between two items of hardware or software enabling them to exchange information by adopting common physical/logical rules. KB (KiloByte) - Basically , this means 1,000 bytes, but it is actually 1,024 bytes. KB/s - Kilobytes per second. A means of measuring throughput Mb (Megabit) – Equivalent to 1,000,000 bits.. MB (Megabyte)[...]

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    Precautions page 35 LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive 10. Health and Safety Precautions Only qualified persons are authorized to carr y out maintenance on this device. • Read this User's Guide carefully , and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. • Do not open your hard drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert a[...]