Apple Tableau T35i SATA/IDE manual

FORENSIC COMPUT ERS T a b l e a u T 3 5 i S A T A / I D E B r i dg e V o l u m e 1 USER GUIDE[...]

F O R E N S I C C O M P U T E R S R E S E A R C H A N D D E V E L O P M E N T F o r e n s i c W r i t e P r o t e c t i o n G u i d e  20 07 Fo rensic Co mpu ters, Inc . 110 Foren sic L ane, Glen Lyn, V A 24093 P ho n e 540 .726.9 530 • F ax 540. 726.95 30 Apple, Mac, Ma cintosh, and Po wer Mac int osh ar e trad emar ks of Appl e Com puter In [...]

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s C H A P T E R 1 Tableau T35i SATA/I DE Bridge 4 Tableau ID E Ribbon Cable 4 8” Red SA TA Flat Cable 4 Female to Female Mo lex ® Power Cables (6” or 12”) 4 SATA 15-pin to Female Molex ® Power Cable 4 Tabl eau 1.8 I DE N otebook Adapter 4 Tabl eau 2.5 I DE N otebook Adapter 5 C H A P T E R 2 TABLEA U T35I SATA /I[...]

3 T a b l e a u T 3 5 i S A T A / I D E B r i d g e he T35i is desig n ed to mount directly in a fo rensic w or kstation. Internal ly t he T35i connects to the workstation thro ug h a high-performance FireW ire800 con nect io n . External ly, the T35i can b e connected to SATA or IDE hard disk s one at a time for write-blocked forensic acquistions.[...]

4 T a b l e a u T 3 5 i S A T A/ I D E Br i d g e The T335 is desig n ed to be mounted in a 5.25" half-height d rive b ay on the front of a f o rensic workstation or tower. The T33 5 i s specificall y designed to work in c o njunction with SATA and IDE removable drive trays, which should be mo unted in close proximity to the T335 in the host c[...]

5 T a b l e a u 2 .5 I D E N o t e b o o k A d a p t e r The Tableau 2.5 IDE Hard Disk adapter allows the u ser to connect to a 2.5 IDE Noteboo k hard drive to a 40-pin IDE cable. T h e Tableau 2.5 IDE Hard Disk adapter als o has a 44-pin female laptop drive c o nnector and a 4-pin standard Molex ® power conn ectio n . (PN: TDA5-2 5)[...]

6 T a b l e a u T 3 5 i S A T A / I D E B r i d g e ableau's newest OEM product, the T35i, cont inues Tab leau 's h eritage o f industry leading inno vati o n. The T35 i o ffers an economical, high-performance alternative to the T345 for foren sics p rofessionals whose acquisi tion n eeds focus on IDE and SATA subject drives. The T35i is [...]

7 I N TR O DU C T I ON This do cument provides technical information for t h e Tableau T35 i c omb ination F o rensic SATA/IDE Bri dge. The T35i combines t w o separate forensic bridg es ( IDE, and SATA) into one convenient packa ge while pro vidi ng native support for each hard disk technology. The T35i is designed t o be installed perm a n ently [...]

8 SATA Det LED The SATA Det LED (SATA Detect) ill uminates wh en a hard disk attached to the SA TA in t erface connector has been properly recognized. Only one hard disk m ay be connected to the T35 i at a time. IDE Det LED The ID E Det LED ( I DE Detect) il luminates when a hard disk attached to the IDE interface conne c t or has been properly rec[...]

9 The f o llowi n g table describes each of the elements shown in the above picture. Internal Elem ent Descri p tion 1394B (FireWire 800) The T35i must be connecte d to the host computer vi a a FireWire800/1 3 94B con nection. This is the interface through which each of the T35i's two I /O channels will c ommunicate with the host computer. It [...]

10 IMPOR TANT: Tableau s trongly recom mends that the T35i be on a dedicated p owe r supply lead. Switching the T35i on/off can lead to large curre n t/volt age surges which can interr u pt the operation of other devices which sh are a power supply connec tion with the T35i. CONFIGURA TI ON SWITC HES The f o llowi n g table summar iz es the fu n ct[...]

11 READ-WRITE mode (even though it is not) , and Windows 2000 will su c cessfully mount NT FS volum es. Windows ME/98se ON OFF Windows ME/98se may not reco gnize t hat a bridge is READ-ONLY a n d may attempt to write to the bridg e anyway. If this h a p pens, Windows ME/98s e wil l gen erate a "blue screen" err o r. The recommended settin[...]

12 G l o s s a r y A ATA – AT Attachment is a standard interface for connecting storage devices su ch as hard disks and CD- ROM drives inside of personal computers. B C D DIN- the abbreviated n ame o f the German Institute for Standardization (Deutches Institut fur Normung) and is us ed in the names of it s stan dards. There are a variety of DIN [...]

13 iPOD – a bran d of portable media players desig n ed and marketed by Apple Computer. J K L M Molex ® - A t y p e of power connection us ed the computer indust ry, which has a plastic end attached to four wires: one yell o w (12V), one red (5V) and tw o black (ground) . The r e are femal e and male Mo lex ® co n nectors. N O P Q R S SATA – [...]

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