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USB2.0 Hi-Speed/ SA T A II Enclosur e for 3.5” Serial A T A Hard Drive PHR-100SU User ’ s Manual.
CONTENTS INTRODUCING USB2.0/SA T A II ENCLOSURE 3 About this Guide 3 System Requirements 3 Package Contents 4 Safety Precautions 4 HARDW ARE BASIC 6 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 7 SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION FOR MAC 1 1 SA T A Connection for MacOS X 10.
Introducing SA T A II/USB2.0 Enclosure Thank you for choosing the PHR-100SU aluminum SA T A II/USB2.0 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure. This is an aluminum enclosure which supports 3.5” SA T A I or SA T A II hard drive. It is simple to install and comes with all the parts you need to create an external SA T A II/USB2.
Package Contents The PHR-100SU aluminum SA T A II/USB2.0 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure pack- age includes the following items: • The software CD contains the drivers and manual • USB2.0 cable • Serial A T A cable • SA T A II/USB2.0 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure • AC/DC Adapter Safety Precautions ON INST ALLA TION 1.
ON TRANSPORT A TION Save the packing materials as you may need to repack and transport the unit at a later date. Always remove the disc before moving the unit. ON POWER SOURCES When you are not using the unit for a long time, disconnect the power cord from the unit.
Hardware Basic Precaution: Please make sure your hand is dry and remove static from your body by touching metal parts of your computer chassis. Enclosure Sleeve Back Panel Base Plate USB Connector Pow.
Hardware Installation Note: The diagrams below are using the FireWire/USB2.0 Enclosure as an example, installation procedures for PHR-100SU are similar . 1. Do not connect AC Adapter to the enclosure. unscrew to loosen the Back Panel and remove the Back Panel from the Enclosure.
3. Set the Enclosure Sleeve aside. 4. Install 4 white Anti-Shock Mounts w/10mm screw into both sides of the hard drive. Do not tighten the screws yet. 5.
6. (1)Slide the hard drive into the front Base Plate first and (2) press down on the hard drive, make sure all 4 Anti-Shock Mounts sit inside the Support Slot. 7. Pressing down the hard drive and tighten all 4 screws to secure the hard drive to the Base Plate.
9. Install the Back Panel to the Enclosure.. 10. Secure the Back Panel with the 5mm diameter screw 1 1. Plug the AC adapter into the Enclosure to power it on.
Software Installation for Mac SA T A Connection for MacOS X 10.2 and above At the time when this manual is written, none of Mac computers has built-in external SA T A port accessible to connect PHR-100SU enclosure.
It is important to note that different SA T A host adapters handle the power sequence in different way . Some support all five power sequence modes, the other can only support Hot Boot.
Software Installation for PC SA T A Connection for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Some PC computers nowadays are equipped with external SA T A ports for peripheral connectivity , or provide a SA T A cable and bracket to route internal SA T A port on motherboard to external port.
USB Connection for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Plug the USB cable into any available port, Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 will start installing the proper driver . Please follow the on-screen instruction to complete the driver installation. (Y ou may need the Windows CD during this installation.
Select on the “Specify a location” option and type in “x:PHR-100SUDRI- VERS” where “x” is the letter of the CD-ROM drive with the Drivers CD inserted or click on “Browse” to choose the corresponding driver folder in the CD. Then click “Next”.
Note: If you don’t see the new drive letter added in My Computer after driver is loaded properly , the reason could be the hard disk has no par- tition and format yet, please partition and format the drive in the enclo- sure before using it.
For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 If you can see a new entry under Disk drives of Device Manager , you are ready to partition and format the drive. Please open Control panel, “Administrative T ools” and “Computer management”, click on “Disk Management”.
It is worthwhile to mention a new type of SA T A receptacle and plug(without “L” shaped key), called eSA T A for external SA T A connectivity . If you have an eSA T A port, you need to purchase a SA T A-to-eSA T A cable in order to use PHR-100SU in SA T A connection.
Q3. How is SA T A compared to USB and Firewire in speed? What per- formance gain can one expect by using SA T A connection? A3: Following chart shows the specification data rate(MBps) and Overhead among USB, Firewire and SA T A. Next table compares real world benchmark between USB, Firewire and SA T A drives: Above data are quoted from www .
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