Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VP-9059 VIPowER
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Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................. 4 1-1 Features ............................................................................... 4 1-2 Pa ckage Checklist ...........................
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 4 1. Introduction The VP-9059 is a high-performance 1394 to ATA/ATAPI native bridge with an embedded SBP-2 target solution. It supports a solution for link/transaction layer controller conforming to the IEEE Std 1394 (IEEE 1394-1995 and IEEE 1394.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 5 1-2 Package Checklist The external enclosure VP-9059 package contains the following items: 1) The VP-9059 Case 2) A User’s Manual 3) One FireWire 1394 6-pin to 4-pin Converter .
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 6 2-3 Assembly 1. Remove the two retaining screws securing the upper case of the Enclosure to the rear face. 2. Carefully lift the rear of the case. Then, slide it away from the rear face of the front panel. 3. Remove the four screws retaining the hard drive cradle to the base unit of the Enclosure.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 7 7. Locate the IDE port and power port situated on the rear face of the hard drive. Plug the IDE cable and power cable into the appropriate port ensuring that they fit securely. 5. Position the hard drive into the cradle. 6. Secure the hard drive into the cradle using the four retaining screws.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 8 12. Finally, secure the upper case with the two retaining screws. 9. Secure the cradle with the four retaining screws. 10. Replace the upper case. Note Ensure that the groove in the upper case aligns with the slot in the base unit.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 9 2-4 Connect the Firewire 1394, 3.5” portable External Enclosure VP-9059 to Your Computer Step1: Boot-up your computer. Make sure the host adapter and driver are installed in your computer. Step2: Connect one 1394 connector end of the FireWire 1394 cable into the 1394 Port of your External Enclosure VP-9059.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 10 3. Drivers Installation 3-1 Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Step1: If you are plugging the FireWire 1394 External Drive into your computer for the first time, the system will detect a FireWire 1394 Storage Device and install the [IEEE 1394 Storage Device] from system files automatically.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 1 1 3-2 Mac OS 10.1X or Above 1. This FireWire 1394 External Drive is supported by IEEE 1394 Storage Support Mac OS 10.1X or above.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 12 4-2 Disconnect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059 from Computer 4-2.1 Windows 98: Step1: Double click the green Unplug or Eject hardware icon in system tray and click the drive that you want to remove and click on [STOP].
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 1 3 Step3: Wait a few seconds until the system prompts “You may safely remove this device”. Then, disconnect the FireWire 1394 External Drive from the computer.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 14 5. Partitioning the External Hard Dis k 5-1 Partition Under Windows 98/ME Boot-up the computer into Windows 98/ME. Next, connect your external Hard Disk Drive to the 1394 port. There are two methods to partition and format your external Hard Disk Drive.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 1 5 Step3: If FDISK quits without any message, go back to the Windows 98 screen, disconnect the external Hard Disk and re-boot the computer.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 16 Step6: In the [Change Current Fixed Disk Drive], type the disk drive num- ber that is assigned to the external Hard Disk. Step7: Go back to [FDISK OPTIONS] screen, Now you can create or delete a partition of the external Hard Disk.
VP-9059 USER MANUAL 1 7 Step2: Click on [Disk Management]. All connected disk drives will be listed. Find the external Hard Disk that you added and to the right of the disk, view the status of the partitions of this disk drive. You can create a new or delete an existing partition by right-clicking on this area.
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