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Hardw are RAID -1 (Mirror) P er formanc e Stor age Solution Assembly Instruc tions & Owners Ma nu al[...]
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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 1.5 CABLE CONNECTIONS & QUICKST ART GUIDE 1.6 FRONT ST A TUS LIGHTS 2 ASSEMBL Y 5 APPENDIX 6 CUS[...]
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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 1.1.2 PC Requirements • Minimum 500MHz I ntel P entium 3 Proc essor , 128MB RAM • eSA T A inter f[...]
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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. Fir eWir e 400 (1394A) P[...]
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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. T his will illumin ate normally when the case is powered on. • Th[...]
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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. Make sure t o work in a clean and static-free area, and a void wearing clothing that retains sta [...]
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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. Slide the inner chassis out of the shell from the back to the fr ont. Once you hav e removed[...]
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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. Slide the drive onto the SA T A connector that is attached to the [...]
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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. Insert the screws through the black rubber v[...]
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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. T he easiest way to determine which way is the fr ont of the outer shell is to turn the outer shell on it’ s side so that y ou can see the screw holes and the side[...]
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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. This means that your new d[...]
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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. ➀ ➁ IMPORT ANT NOTE: T his procedure will erase all da ta on [...]
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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 . F or ease of use we ’ re selecting one par tition here but of course y[...]
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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 f ormat the drive - agree , and then after a few moments , par titioning will complete and the Newer T echnology Guardian MAXimus v olume will mount [...]
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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 . Y ou may now pr oceed with formatting the drive . W ARNING: The clean co[...]
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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. The “I nitiali[...]
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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. ➅ Specify your partition type as “Primary, ” and click “Next. ?[...]
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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. Leav e the Allocation unit size as [...]
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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. ➀➁ After a moment or two, the driv e’ s status will change from “F ormatting[...]
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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. In fact, you ’ll har dly know MacDrive is working. Once installed MacDriv[...]
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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 . M[...]
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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.newertech.com/format Q: What le system should I choose when f ormatting my drive? A: This will depend on how y ou want to use the drive , bu[...]
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•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. •Visit our tech c enter for more support suggestions, including F AQs . http://www.new[...]
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Copyright ®2010 Newer Technology All Rights Reserved. Newer T echnology’s Limited Warranty is not transferable and subject to limitations. Copyrights: Copyright © 2007-2011 Newer T echnology , Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in an y form or by any means, elec[...]