Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Guardian MAXimus del fabbricante NewerTech
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Hardw are RAID -1 (Mirror) P er formanc e Stor age Solution Assembly Instruc tions & Owners Ma nu al.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus T able of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SY STEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives 1.2 C ONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANU AL 1.4 PORT VIEW & INTERF A CE C ONNECTIONS 1.
1.1 System Requir ements 1.1.1 Mac Requirements • Minimum Pow erPC G4 Proc essor , 128MB RAM • eSA T A inter face, Mac OS X 10.3 or later (OR) • F ireWir e inter face, Mac OS X 10.2 or later ( OR) • USB 2.0 interface, Mac OS X 10.2 or later 1.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 1 - Introduction The Newer T echnology Guardian M AXimus has multiple interfaces to work with any computer system. eSA T A Port - The utmost in speed. If you ’ re trying to make your Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus the fastest it can be, attach an eSA T A cable to this port.
1.5 Fr ont Status Lights Identifying the Guardian MA X imus front status ligh ts. The Newer T ech Guardian Maximus has 4 LED status lights on the front of the case to vi sually displa y what it is doing and to warn you of an y errors. • Th e lef tmos t LED is a b lue power light.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 2 - Assembly 2 ASSEMBL Y Y our computer is a static-sensitiv e device. It is susceptible to invisible damage if not protected during installation. W e recommend pr oper grounding b y using a grounding str ap.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 2 - Assembly T urn the Newer T echnology Guardian MAXimus on to it’ s side and remo ve the 2 scews that ar e fastening the outer shell to the inner chassis. Removing the 2 screws will r elease the inner chassis.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 2 - Assembly 2.2 Assembly (continued) Inser t your rst drive into the chassis of the Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus. Place the rear of the driv e (the end with the SA T A and power connection) onto the green bridge board as sho wn.
Place the second har d drive into the enclosure and line up the scr ew holes on the side of the chassis. Using 4 of the large screw s that were in the clear packet y ou removed fr om the chassis of the Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus, fasten the hard driv e to the chassis using the upper screw holes.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 2 - Assembly 2.2 Assembly (continued) Place the inner chassis back into the out er shell by inser ting it from the front of the outer shell.
3.1 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION IF Y OU PLAN ON USING Y OUR DRIVE T O BOO T ON A G3, G4, OR G5 SY STEM If you purchased a prec ongured Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus, your new external hard drive has been formatt ed for the Macintosh as a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volume, using the GUID* P ar tition T able scheme.
3.3 F ormatting your Guar dian MA Ximus on a Macintosh with Mac OS X Click on the “Initialize” butt on. Select the device with no volumes attached to it; in this picture, that w ould be the 640 GB Newer T echnology device. Click on the picture of the drive ic on next to the text.
Once you ’ve selected the Newer T echnology device , you will notice the abov e change in the Disk Utility application. Click on the “Partition” tab in this picture . Y ou then need to choose how many partitions you wish your Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus to have .
Choose a name for the volume . Y ou will need to repeat this step f or each volume if you selected multiple par titions. Click Apply to nish. ➄ ➅ Y ou will be asked to conrm that you wish to.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3.4 Removing the GUID P ar tition Scheme Only for XP , 2000, ME and earlier . (XP 64-BIT , Vista & Window s 7 can continue to the next section) ➆ T ype exit and hit ent er . ➇ Close the command prompt window .
Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3.5 F ormatting your Guar dian MA Ximus on W indow s 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be found at h ttp://ww w .newertech.com/format . ➀ With the drive c onnected to the computer and power ed on, right click on the “My Computer” icon and selec t “Man - age” from the menu.
➃ Your drive will ap - pear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the lower right reads as “Unallo - cated.” Right click in this space and choose “New Partition.” ➄ The “New P ar tition Wiz - ard” will launch. Click “Next ” to continue.
➇ If you like, you can specify the driv e letter designation f or your new drive. Other wise, one will automatically be as - signed. Click “Nex t. ” ➈ Before y ou can use the drive, it must be f ormatted. On most systems running W indows 2000 or later , it is advisable to specify the le system as NTFS.
➀➀ Once you have nished with the for - matting wizard, y ou will see that your new drive (represent ed as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message of “F ormatting. ” This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format option.
Using y our new Storage Solution on both Macs and PCs? MacDrive takes the guesswork out of sharing les. Whether y ou ar e trans - ferring les between home and the oce , a class room lab and your dorm room or ev en on the same c omputer , MacDrive makes it painless.
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting & Tips 4 TROUBLESHOO TING & TIPS 4.1 T roubleshooting Some of the most simple problems can be traced to po wer , or connectivity issues. Begin your troubleshooting b y verifying that power is plugged int o the external stor - age solution, and if connected to a power strip .
Newer T echnology Guardian MA Ximus Chapter 5 - Appendix 5.1 F AQ Q: How do I format m y storage solution? A: OWC has detailed instructions online for most popular operating systems , located at: http://www.
•Read this manual and review Chapter 4: T roubleshooting & Tips. •T ry to conrm the problem is with the hard drive . If you have a second comput er , move the enclosur e to that system and verify that the solution does not function with that machine.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il NewerTech Guardian MAXimus è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del NewerTech Guardian MAXimus - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso NewerTech Guardian MAXimus imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul NewerTech Guardian MAXimus ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il NewerTech Guardian MAXimus, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del NewerTech Guardian MAXimus.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il NewerTech Guardian MAXimus. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo NewerTech Guardian MAXimus insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
