G-S350SUA manual v2
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1. GBF El E 5 56 GB kaaita da WD800C 19 53 GB F Healthy WDs800A 19 53 GB F Healthy WD800B 19 53 GB F Healthy WDs00D 15 93 GB F Healthy feleories _ f BB Primary Partition J Extended Partition J Logical Drive Step 2 2 Click on Disk Management Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Welcome to the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard mee This wizard writes signatures on new disks and upgrades empty basic disks to dynamic disks You can use dynamic disks to create software based RAID volumes which can be mirrored and striped or spanned across disks You can also expand single disk and spanned volumes without having to restarting the computer After you upgrade a disk you cannot use earlier versions of Windows on any volume on that disk To continue click Next Do not show this wizard again E Cancel Step 3 3 Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard windows will show up and click Next 13 Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard x Select Disk to Write Signature Choose the disks on which you want to write a signature Select the disks on which you want to write a signature lt Back Cancel Step 4 4 Write a signature to the new drive click Next Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Completing the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard2. external port Otherwise to take advantage of high performance SATAconnection you need to add a third party SATA II or SATA I host controller adapter with external SATA port the L shaped key type When external SATA port is available please follow steps below to use G S350SUA enclosure 1 When computer is powered off attach G S350SUA to the SATA port of the computer 2 Power on G S350SUA first then turn on the computer 3 After Windows boots up it will load the driver and recognize the Enclosure automatically If you don t see a new SATA drive in My Computer probably the SATA drive needs to be partitioned and formatted first Above described connection and power sequence is referred to as Hot Boot There are total five power sequence modes Hot Boot Cold Boot Hot Plug Cold Plug and Power Cycle by which an external hard drive can possibly be used with a computer system Please refer to the section SATA Connection for MacOS X 10 2 and above for definition Itis important to note that different SATA host adapters handle the power sequence in different way Some support all five power sequence modes the other can only support Hot Boot G S350SUA supports all five power sequence modes To find out what your SATA host adapter is capable of please contact the manufacturer of SATA host adapter or simply try all power Sequence mode yourself Firewire and USB Connection For Windows XP Vista 7 When the enclosure is c
3. IEEE1394A FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drive Enclosure G S350SUA User s Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCING 1394A FIREWIRE USB2 0 eSATA HI SPEED ENCLOSURE About this Guide System Requirements Package Contents Safety Precautions HARDWARE BASICS HARDWARE INSTALLATION Software Installation for MAC SATA Connection for MacOS X 10 2 and above Firewire and USB Connection for Mac OS X Software Installation for PC SATAConnection for Windows XP vista 7 Firewire and USB Connection for Windows XP vista 7 HARD DRIVE PARTITION and FORMAT PROCEDURES in PC WINDOWS XP vista 7 Frequently Asked Questions PR Ww OW 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 16 Introducing IEEE1394A FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Hard Drive Enclosure G S350SUA Thank you for choosing the G S350SUA aluminum IEEE1394A FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Hard Drive Enclosure This Aluminum enclosure supports 3 5 SATA Hard drive up to 1TB It is simple to install and comes with all the parts you need to create an external hard drive Based on IEEE1394A FireWire SATA II SATA I USB2 0 and USB1 1 specifications the transfer rates are up to SATA II 3 0Gb s SATA I 1 5Gb s 1394A 400Mb s USB2 0 480Mb s USB1 1 12Mb s G S350SUA can support the speed specification listed above however its transfer rates are possible to be lower and will vary depending upon the Operating System type of SATA 1394A and USB host co
4. You have successfully completed the Write Signature and Uparade Disk Wizard You have selected these settings Write a signature on the following disks Disk 1 Upgrade the following disks None To close this wizard click Finish Step 5 5 Click Finish to close the wizard Tree Volume tayout Type File System Computer Management Local Es Partition Basic 5 System Tools Partition Basic E fm Event Viewer SIWINDOWS9S Partition Basic FAT32 H Ex System Information EIWINDOWS20 Partition Basic FAT32 H E Performance Logs and Alerts 4 Shared Folders 9 Device Manager EF Local Users and Groups Storage eA Disk Management 4 gt BP Disk Defragmenter 9 Logical Drives ESpisk 0 i Baa Sean H eB Removable Storage Basic WINDOW WINDOW S Services and Applications 19 11 GB 6 37 GB FA f 6 37 GBF 5 86 GB 518 Ml Online Healthy 5 Healthy E Healthy Health Z Disk 1 74 53 GB velo MREEETA N P Basic roperties 74 53 GB Online Kiran 7 E Unallocated J Primary Pa BB Logical Drive Help Step 6 6 Select the new Unallocated disk and then right click to choose Create partition Create Partition Wizard E x Welcome to the Create Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and log
5. from shocks and vibrations e Donotuse the subsystem in areas exposed to oily smoke or steam such as a kitchen or close to a humidifier e Donotuse the subsystem in locations exposed to rain or splashes of water such as outdoors in a bathroom or close to a window e Donotuse the subsystem on an unstable or slanted surface without proper support e Donotexpose the unit to direct sunlight or hot air where the temperature could exceed 45 C or very cold locations where the temperature is below 0 C e Keep the power cord away from hot appliances e Do not touch the power cord with wet hands ON TRANSPORTATION 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 To unplug the AC power adapter from the wall outlet grasp the adapter itself Do not pull the cord Warning If any of the following conditions occur immediately disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet and contact your dealer or an authorized service station Continuing to use the computer involves the risk of fire and electric shock Smoke or unusual smell is coming from the subsystem Water has entered the unit or the unit has become wet A foreign object has entered the unit The unit has been dropped or the front panel or frame has been damaged e The power cab
6. hown below it is more and more common to find a new type of SATA receptacle in the system or PCI ExpressCard host card and plug without L shaped key called eSATA eSATA becomes a standard for external SATA peripherals Our G S350SUA has eSATA port built in Depending on the type of SATA port you have in the computer please get the proper SATA cable to connect them 16 Q2 How should I disconnect G S350SUA safely from the computer After disconnect the SATA enclosure why does the drive icon still stay on the desktop of MacOS X A2 For Firewire or USB connection in Windows PC please click Safely remove mass storage device Drive letter line inside Safely Remove Hardware icon on the System Tray In Mac computer please trash the external drive icon Then disconnect G S350SUA from the system In SATA connection depending on the SATA host controller and sometimes OS you use some controllers support hot plug and unplug function some don t You have to find out its capability To prevent data corruption the safest way to disconnect SATA cable or power off G S350SUA is to shut down computer first SATA drive or SATA connection is not treated essentially as removable device to the most of systems if not all That is why there is no eject icon associated to SATAdrive in Finder of Mac OS X and System Tray in Windows has no Remove Hardware option for SATA drive Therefore when the SATA drive is connected some system sti
7. ical drives A basic disk may also contain volumes created with Windows NT 4 0 and earlier You can also use MS DOS to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Next Cancel Step 7 7 Follow the onscreen instruction to partition and fully format the drive note If it assigns a new hard drive letter but format dose not run automatically please exit Computer Management and find the new drive letter in My computer to format it completely 15 Frequently Asked Questions Q1 What are SATA SATA I SATA II eSATA any way How are they related to G S350SUA enclosure A1 SATA stands for Serial ATA in contrast to old Parallel ATA IDE EIDE ATA and ATAPI technology SATA starts with 1 5Gb s specification and evolves to 3 0Gb s specification which is commonly referred to as SATAII Hence original SATA 1 5Gb s is called SATA I to distinguish with SATA Il 3 0Gb s Initially SATA was designed as an internal or inside the box interface technology for storage device like HDD Both SATA I and SATA II hard drives use plug and receptacle interface with L shaped key as shown below This connectors and cable flat with L shaped key support both SATA 1 5Gb s and 3 0Gb s however the cable length is limited to 1m around 3 3 feet maximum When this manual was written majority of SATA ports provided by computers or add on SATA host adapters are the receptacle with L shaped key As s
8. le is damaged causing wire breakage or exposed leads Hardware Basic Precaution Please make sure your hand is dry and remove static from your body by touching metal parts of your computer chassis 1394A FireWire Data Cable Connector C N VEE eSATA Data Cable Connector USB Data Cable Connector a S Power Connector Q Back Panel 2 2 6mm Screws Of Enclosure Sleeve 4 Base Tray bridge 5 6 5mm Screws 8 4mm Screws D Front Panel Base Tray Power on off button Hardware Installation Front Panel Back Panel Note The diagrams below uses the G S350U Enclosure as an example 1 Unscrew to loosen the Enclosure Back Panel Remove the Back Panel 2 Use your fingers to push the Base Tray out ee 7 ie 4 Align the black Power SATA connector on the hard drive to the black female SATA connector on the Base plate bridge and push the drive into the connector completely 5 Secure the HDD to the Base Tray with 2 hard drive screws 6 Push the Base Tray into the Enclosure Sleeve 7 Secure the Base Tray and Enclosure Sleeve with two 6mm screws 8 Plug the AC DC adapter into the Enclosure and connect the unit to your computer using a USB cable Firewire cable or eSATAcable Then press the Power Button to turn it on Sn o Software Installation for Mac SATA Connection fo
9. ll keeps SATA drive icon you just won t be able to use the drive until you connect it back 17 Q3 How is SATA compared to USB and Firewire in speed What performance gain can one expect by using SATA connection A3 Following chart shows the specification data rate MBps and Overhead among USB Firewire and SATA Typical Interface Speeds Next table compares real world benchmark between USB Firewire and SATA drives USB 1394 Seria Raw Interface 480Mbps 400Mbps 1500Mbps speed Benchmark comparison 31 6MB sec 34 8MB sec 42 4MB sec 64K read Benchmark comparison 26 5MB sec 26 7MB sec 56 2MB sec 64K write Burst Trancter 33 5MB sec 36 2MB sec 111 3MB sec Rate Table Comparison of interface speeds and data transfer rates external disk drive interfaces Above data are quoted from www sata io org The performance of G S350SUA in your application might be higher or lower depending upon the hard drive used SATA and USB host and computer hardware In our test we have seen over 60MB s sequential read and write speed in SATA connection SATA is the better choice for storage device 18
10. ntroller SATA Hard Drive and computer hardware About This Guide Before you begin using the G S350SUA be sure to read this manual in its entirety This guide contains e Introducing IEEE1394A FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Hard Drive Enclosure Hardware Installation Software Installation Hard Drive Partition and Format in PC Windows XP vista 7 FAQ System Requirements MacOS X 10 1 to 10 8 for USB and Firewire connection MacOS X 10 2 and later for SATA connection Windows XP vista 7 Any desktop or Notebook computer with an available SATA FireWire or USB port Package Contents The G S350SUA Aluminum IEEE1394A FireWire Hi Speed USB2 0 eSATA 3 5 Hard Drive Enclosure package includes the following software and documentation e G S350SUA enclosure e 6pin 6 pini394A FireWire Cable e USB2 0 cable e AC DC Adapter Safety Precautions ON INSTALLATION 1 To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this product to rain water or moisture 2 Do not place any containers with liquids drinking glass flower vase etc or containers with small metal parts paper clips etc on top of the unit 3 According to standard industry practice surge protection is recommended for all telecommunications devices Surge suppressors and or line conditioning should be used on the input power supply ON OPERATION e Donot move the chassis during operation Doing so may cause a malfunction e Protect the unit
11. onnected to the computer and power on the system will start installing for the proper driver Please follow the on screen instruction to complete the driver installation If you do not see the new drive letter added in My Computer after the driver finishes loading the reason could be the hard disk such as a brand new one has no partition and format yet In this case please follow the procedures in next section to partition and format it before using 2 HARD DRIVE PARTITION and FORMAT PROCEDURES in PC WINDOWS XP Vista 7 If you can see anew entry under Disk drives of Device Manager you are ready to partition and format the drive 1 Open Control panel Administrative Tools and Computer management ao Computer Management 15 x Action View lt 2 gt am 2 Tree Partition Partition Basic EI WD8004 Fs Partition Basic FAT32 EI WD800B G Partition Basic FAT32 3 wbso0c H Partition Basic FAT32 I wDso0d 1 Partition Basic FAT32 Computer Management Local E amp System Tools gall Event Viewer HQ System Information E Performance Logs and Alerts Shared Folders 4 Device Manager SS WINDOWS98 Partition Basic FAT32 H Local Users and Groups ES WwINDOWS20 Partition E 5 Storage s Disk Management B Disk Defragmenter 3 Logical Drives E TA Removable Storage as Services and Applications WINDOW 6 37 GB FA Healthy Ss aed 6 37
12. r MacOS X 10 2 and above At the time when this manual is written none of Mac computers has built in external SATA port accessible to connect G S350SUA enclosure In order to take advantage of high performance via SATA connection current solution is to add a third party Mac compatible SATA II or SATA Ito PCI or ExpressCard host controller adapter with external SATA port with L shaped key type or eSATA port When external SATA port is available please follow steps below to use G S350SUA enclosure 1 When computer is powered off attach G S350SUA to the SATA port of the computer 2 Power on G S350SUA first then turn on the computer 3 After Mac OS boots up it will recognize it automatically ask you to initialize the new drive if it was not initialized yet and mount the drive on desktop Above described connection and power sequence is referred to as Hot Boot There are total five power sequence modes by which an external hard drive can possibly be used with a computer system They are defined as follows Hot Boot Computer is off enclosure is on and is attached to computer Boot up system Cold Boot Computer is off enclosure is off and is attached to computer Boot up system completely then turn on the enclosure Hot Plug System is up and running enclosure is turned on then attached to computer Cold Plug System is up and running enclosure is off then attached to computer Enclosure is turned on Power Cycle S
13. ystem is up and running enclosure is on and mounted on the computer Then power off the enclosure wait for several seconds and turn the enclosure back on 10 Itis important to note that different SATA host adapters handle the power sequence in different way Some support all five power sequence modes the other can only support Hot Boot G S350SUA supports all five power sequence modes To find out what your SATA host adapter is capable of please contact the manufacturer of SATA host adapter or simply try all power sequence mode yourself Before disconnecting the SATA drive cable from the computer we recommend you to shut down the computer first because current system driver and SATA host specification do not make SATA hard drive 100 removable like USB or Firewire hard drive FireWire and USB Connection for MacOS X When the Enclosure is connected to the computer MacOS X will recognize it automatically initialize it if the drive is not initialized and mount the drive to desktop All five power sequence modes are supported in Firewire or USB connection Note MacOS X provides a Disk Utility to create multiple volumes which is located in Utilities folder inside Applications folder 11 Software Installation for PC SATA Connection for Windows XP Vista 7 Some PC computers nowadays are equipped with external SATA ports for peripheral connectivity or provide a SATAcable and bracket to route internal SATA port on motherboard to
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