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    1 P or taGig 50 and SSD Quickstar t P roduction- Quality Portable Storage F ir eW ir e 800, USB 2.0, eSA T A host connectivit y 610033-1.5 P or taGig 50 Quickstar t.pdf June 9, 2011 Pr oprietar y Notice and Disclaimer Unless noted otherwise, this document and the information herein disclosed ar e proprietary to Glyph T echnologies, 3736 Kellogg Roa[...]

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    2 C ontacting Glyph Please use the following c ontact information to contact Glyph and its distributors. Glyph USA oers phone support Monday through F riday , 8:00 am to 5:00 P M Eastern T ime. Note: DO NO T ship any r eturn goods to the mailing addresses below unless y ou have a valid RM A number . All goods will be re - fused delivery unless a[...]

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    3 Specications P ar t Number 7,200 RPM: PG621B-x (x = drive capacity) 5,400 RPM: PG624B-x (x = drive capacity) Solid State Drive: PG62SB-x (x = drive capacity) Inter face (2) F ireWir e 800 (IEEE 1394b) 9-pin ports (1) USB 2.0 Hi-speed (device -side) por t (1) eSA T A 3Gbit/s por t Bridging Chip Oxfor d 936 Maximum T ransfer Rate eSA T A por t: [...]

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    4 Bus P ow er Bus-power ed with Fir eWir e 800 or USB for optimum compa tibility , it also includes an eSA T A por t for the fastest speed possible, up to 100MB/s. eSA T A is not a bus-powered in terface, however , you can use the eSA T A connection for data transfer while simul- taneously using the F ireWir e 800 connection to power the driv e. Th[...]

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    5 F requently Ask ed Questions Q: Do I need any drivers to use the P ortaGig 50? No drivers are r equired for F ir eWire on Mac or Windows. No driv ers are requir ed for USB on Mac OS or W indows XP/2000/V ista/7. A driver is requir ed for USB on W indows 98/SE, and is a vailable for download fr om www.glyph tech.com. Look under in the support/ dow[...]

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    6 Mac OS X F ormatting Instructions Since Glyph P ortaGig 50 dr ives come pr e -formatted f or Macintosh you don ’t need to format them on installation. If you decide to reformat or partition your drive at a lat er date, use Disk Utility (supplied with the Mac OS X operating system). Caution: This procedur e will destroy any data curr ently on th[...]