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MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iii T able of Contents WD Service and Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1 MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® 3.0 external ha rd drive. This elegant, high capacity storage drive features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface wi th speed up to ten times that of USB 2.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 USB 3.0 Micro-B Cable The USB 3.0 Micro-B connector is basically a USB 2.0 Micro-B connector with an extension holding 5 extra pins. The port on the My Book 3.0 is designed for this connector . Y ou can also use a USB 2.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 PCIe Adapter Card The PCIe adapter card enables your computer to transfer data at USB 3.0 super speeds. The adapter card comes with an attached full- height bracket and an optional half-height bracket.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Physical Description Vie ws Fr ont Back Power/Activity LED Kensington ® Security Slot Power Button USB 3.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 Power Button The My Book 3.0 automatically powers on and of f with your computer . T o power down or disconnect the drive: 1. Right-click the Sa f e ly R em o ve H a rdw a re icon in the Windows system tray and select Sa f el y R em o v e H a rdw a re .
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 6 Getting Started 1 2 This chapter includes the following topics: Step 1. Unpacking and Handling the Adapter Card Step 2. Installing the PCIe Adapter Driver Step 3. Installing the Adapter Card Step 4. Connecting the Drive Step 1.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 7 The InstallShield Wizard starts. The InstallShield Wizard welcome screen displays. 3. Click Next to display the License Agreement s creen. 4. T o continue, select I accept the terms of the license agreement .
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 8 6. Specify the desired location for saving the driver files, either by accepting the default or browsing to the desir ed folder . 7. Click Next to display the Ready to Install the Program scr een. 8. Click Install .
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 9 9. When the Install Wizard Complete scr een displays, click Finish . Y ou are now ready to install the PCIe adapter car d in your computer . Step 3. Installing the Adapter Card 1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cable.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 10 documentation. Some Gen2 PCIe slots may perform significantly better than others on the same motherboard. T o imp rove performance, you may want to try differ ent Gen2 PCIe slots. A dedicated fast internal drive may also improve transfer speed to and from My Book 3.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 11 Step 4. Connecting the Drive Power Adapters Note: The configu ration of the power adapte r may vary . Depen ding on your region, you may nee d to change th e power ada pter , as illustrate d below . Connection Steps T o connect the My Book 3.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 12 4. Connect the other end of the USB 3.0 cable to one of the available USB 3.0 ports on your computer . If your computer does no t have USB 3.0 capability , you can plug the USB 3.0 cable into any available USB 2.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL T ROUBLESHOOTING – 13 T r oubleshooting 1 3 If you have problems when installing or using this product, refer to this tr oubleshooting section or visit our support website at support.wdc. com and search our knowledge base for more help.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 14 Compliance and W arranty Information 1 4 4 This appendix includes the following topics: Regulatory Compliance Enviro nmental Complian.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 15 Envir onmental Compliance (China) 䚼ӊৡ⿄ ᳝↦᳝ᆇ⠽䋼ܗ㋴ 䪙 (Pb) 䥬 (Cd) ∲ (Hg) ݁Ӌ䫀 ( Cr 6+ ) ⒈㘨㣃 (P.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 16 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be free fr om defects in material and workmanship an d will conform to WD’ s specification therefor .
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MA NUAL INDEX – 17 Index A Adapter card 3 B Box contents 1 C Cable 2 China RoHS 15 Compatibility with operating systems 3 Compliance, regulatory 14 Connecting the My Book 3.0 11 E Environmental compliance, China 15 F FAQs computer not booting up 13 drive not powering up 13 drive not recognized 13 system support of USB 3.
MY BOOK 3.0 USER MANUAL Information furnished by WD is believed to be accurate and reliable; however , no responsibility is assumed by WD for its use nor for any infringement of patents or other ri ghts of third parties which ma y result from its use.
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