LaCie 800 User's Manual
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1. Your card s serial number Computer brand and model Operating system and version Amount of memory installed Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer Names of any other devices installed on your computer Contacting Customer Support page 12 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual 5 1 LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia Singapore and Hong Kong Contact us at http www lacie com asia contact LaCie Belgium Contact us at http www lacie com be contact Francais LaCie Denmark Contact us at http www lacie com dk contact LaCie France Contact us at http www lacie com fr contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Netherlands Contact us at http www lacie com nl contact LaCie Spain Contact us at http www lacie com es contact LaCie Switzerland Contact us at http www lacie com chfr contact Francais LaCie Ireland Contact us at http www lacie com ie contact LaCie International Contact us at http www lacie com intl contact Contacting Customer Support page 13 LaCie Australia Contact us at http www lacie com au contact LaCie Canada Contact us at http www lacie com caen contact English LaCie Finland Contact us at http www lacie com fi contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Ja2. data delivery so there is no danger of inaccurately ordered or delayed frames What Is The Difference Between FireWire 400 And FireWire 8002 Essentially the main difference between the two interfaces can be summed up in one word speed FireWire 800 effectively doubles the bandwidth of the original FireWire 400 interface The new FireWire 800 interface offers truly impressive results with speeds up to BOOMb s for a single bus and even greater for several buses in RAIDO configurations Other key advancements include the support of increased ca bling distances and a newly enhanced arbitration architecture Utilizing cables constructed of professional grade glass optical fiber when both devices are connected via a FireWire 800 hub FireWire 800 can burst data across 100 meters of cable The new arbitration scheme greatly improves on the existing architecture by incorporating advanced 8B10B data encoding based on codes used by Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel which reduces signal distortion and also improves the arbi tration time by prepping the arbitration while the current data packet is being sent so that data is sent as soon as the current transmission is completed What Are The Ideal Uses For FireWire FireWire helped fuel a revolution for digital content creators and was awarded a 2001 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award by the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences for its contribution Due to its high bandwidth an
3. Card page 7 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Installing Your LaCie PCI Card User Manual page 8 3 2 Inserting Your LaCie PCI Card Bracket Required Tools LaCie PCI Card System frame Philips head and or flat head screw driver Computer System Manual 1 Turn off your computer and disconnect all external periph eral devices and cables i e power cord modem fax line monitor etc 2 Remove your computer s cover For most computers several screws will need to be unseated before you can remove the computer s cover These screws are usually located at the rear of the computer along the edge of the cover However placement of these screws and cover attachment may vary by manufacturer so please refer to your computer s manual for specific details 3 Once you have removed the cover you will need to locate the PCI slots on the motherboard The PCI slots are generally located in the back of the computer with the slots built into the side wall of the computer please refer to your computer system s manual for the exact location of your PCI slots the PCI or PCI X slot Motherboard LaCie PCI Card may be installed in either a 32 or 64 bit PCI card slot If necessary you may need to remove the expan sion slot cover and you may also need to remove any add in boards which block access to the PCI slots 4 Take the LaCie PCI Card out of its anti static blister package and being careful to touch
4. LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Table of Contents User Manual page 1 Table of Contents RT rele lire ie PA EE RE OE EE EE EN 4 2 Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card ese ees see ee ee AA ERA RAAR AA AA AA AE AE EE Ee 5 ss Minirnord oystem Reauirements se RE DE ES EE Dee Re ERG SG ee De ERA Ke Gad banat De GE Be ee RE SN ee ese 5 ONE Package Content AE EE EE N DE 6 22 ie The Card EE OE AE EA KO 6 3 Installing Your LaCie PCI Card esse seed EE ESEG REG NEE eN We Ge N Ee de EE Gee Ee RE Ne Ge KERS NR Ee GN EES 7 3 1 Electrostatic Discharge ESD is ses iN es EE N De be Ee Ges AE Ee Ee Se cee ARE RR De de 7 3 2 Inserting Your LaCie PE Eard sis EE SEER SES Ge NE AGE Ee ER EER OR eb ee ENG ERG N Gee Se bes ee ENE ede ge 8 3 3 Driver ie ee AE N EN N N OE ER N ed 9 4 FireWire 800 Questions amp Answers iese sesse ee ee EE EE ARE EE EE ee ee EE Ge ee ee ee 10 5 Contacting Customer SUDpOF sesse sesse esse ee Ge ee AG ee ee ee ee ee ee 12 5 1 LaCie Technical Support COMGCHS i s Ee N Es GR SE Ee Ee ee Es EG ee sege RE Es ee Ee seg ge be Di 13 6 Warranty Information sesse sesse ss ese ee ee ee ee ee GE ee Ge ee ee 14 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual Copyrights Copyright 2011 LaCie All rights re served No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or other
5. an IEEE the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers refers to the engineering corps that developed the 1394th standard de fining the high performance serial input output I O bus used to connect peripheral devices There are now two standards IEEE 1394a which refers to the original standard adopted in 1995 and IEEE 1394b which refers to the new standard adopted in 2002 What Is The Relationship Between IEEE 1394 FireWire iLink And DV These four names all refer to the same interface IEEE 1394 is the term commonly used in the computer in dustry FireWire is the brand name used by Apple iLink is the brand name used by Sony for both consumer electronics and personal computers DV is short for Digital Video and is used as the logo for the interface on most video camcorders What Are The Benefits Of The FireWire Interfaces The FireWire interface is a fast cross platform serial bus and is ideal for digital audio video and graphic applications that de mand plenty of bandwidth Both versions of FireWire offer Plug amp Play connectivity so all you have to do is plug in your drive and begin using it they also allow up to 63 devices to be connected via a single bus and offer peer to peer connectivity enabling multiple computers and FireWire devices to be connected at the same time FireWire also supports both isochronous and asyn chronous capabilities meaning that it can guarantee real time
6. appears to be malfunctioning have it inspected by a qualitied LaCie Technical Sup port representative Never expose your device to rain or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions Never place objects con taining liquids on the PCI card as they may spill onto its circuitry Do ing so increases the risk of electrical shock short circuiting fire or per sonal injury Make sure that the computer and PCI card are electrically grounded If the devices are not grounded there is an increased risk of electrical shock Do not expose the PCI card to tem peratures outside the range of 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 104 F Doing so may damage the card or disfigure its casing Avoid placing your card near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight even through a window Inversely placing your card in an en vironment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit Foreword page 3 the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product IMPORTANT INFO Any loss corrup tion or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data To help pre vent the loss of your data LaCie highly recommends that you keep TWO copi
7. ard 1 1 Minimum System Requirements The LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card is compliant with the Open N Host Controller Interface OHCI the Enhanced Host Controller A p Interface EHCI Me Windows IMPORTANT INFO The format of this card is not compat ible with PCI express slots laptops or notebook computers and therefore cannot be installed on these types of systems Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista One PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification Rev 2 3 or above CAUTION Before handling and installing your LaCie FireWire Pentium Ill or higher compatible processor 800 PCI Card ensure that you have properly grounded your 128MB RAM self Electrostatic Discharge ESD can quickly and easily dam l age or destroy your component or your computer Please see section 3 1 Electrostatic Discharge for information on how to properly ground yourself Sa EE EE Ba Mac IMPORTANT INFO During installation or removal always hold your card by the anti static gripping pad Mac OS 10 2 4 or higher One PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification Rev 2 3 or above G4 G5 or Intel processor 128MB RAM LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card User Manual page 6 2 1 Package Content 2 2 View of the Card 1 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card Design by Sismo 1 Three external FireWire 800 ports These ports are where you attach the FireWire 800 int
8. atus meets all re quirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We LaCie solemnly declare that this product conforms to the following Euro pean standards Class BEN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 2006 95 EC Low Voltage Directive 2004 108 EC EMC Directive LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be mums disposed of with your other household waste Instead it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designed collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equip ment The separate collection and recy cling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and Health and Safety Precautions Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this de vice Read this User Manual carefully and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device Do not attempt to disassemble or modify your PCI card Never insert any metallic object into the circuitry to avoid any risk of electrical shock fire short circuiting or dangerous emissions Your PCI card contains no user serviceable parts If it
9. c cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio com munications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the inter ference at his own expense NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are de signed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residen tial installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not installed and used in ac cordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communica tions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Foreword page 2 Reorient or relocate the receiving an tenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an out let on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital appar
10. d support of both isochronous and asynchronous data delivery FireWire has found a very successful place in both the computer and consumer electronics industries Whether connecting game consoles personal video recorders home stereo equipment digital TVs hard drives CD DVD RW drives printers scanners tape drives or other digital hardware equipment FireWire is well suited to handle all these various requirements With the advent of the new FireWire 800 standard the revolu tion created by the original will only grow For those working with digital video the new standard will enable new bandwidth intensive applications such as multiple stream uncompressed standard definition video Will FireWire 400 Devices Run Faster When Con nected To A FireWire 800 Port2 Unfortunately this is not the case In order to attain FireWire 800 speeds both the device and port have to be FireWire 800 enabled For instance an external hard drive with a FireWire 800 9 pin connection will only reach FireWire 800 transfer rates when it is connected to a FireWire 800 9 pin host bus adapter card via a properly certified FireWire 800 9 pin to 9 pin beta cable When a FireWire 400 device is connected to a FireWire 800 port the FireWire 400 device will only operate at the original FireWire 400 speeds LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO FireWire 800 Questions amp Answers User Manual Will FireWire 800 Devices Work On FireWire 400 Po
11. erface cables 2 Quick Install Guide 3 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card Utilities CD ROM includes User Manual FireW ire 800 PCI Card a LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual 3 Installing Your LaCie PCI Card 3 1 Electrostatic Discharge ESD IMPORTANT INFO During installation or removal always hold your card by the anti static gripping pad Static electricity is an electric charge caused by an imbalance of electrons on the surface of a material When you touch an object and are shocked this is the transfer of the static charge or the balancing of your charge to that of the object This exchange is called Electrostatic Discharge or ESD ESD can cause two different types of damage to computers and peripherals 1 Catastrophic which is the complete loss of de vice functionality and 2 Latent Defect where the device is only partially effected and the device loses part of its productivity and longevity Because we cannot eliminate the generation of static electricity it is extremely important to follow the proper steps to ground yourself before handling your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card or touching any internal component of your computer This can be accomplished by proper grounding in conjunction with the use of ESD safe mats wrist or shoe straps Consult your computer supply specialist for more details on the correct ESD dissipative device to fit your needs Installing Your LaCie PCI
12. es of your data one copy on your external hard drive for instance and a second copy either on your internal hard drive another external hard drive or some other form of removable storage media LaCie offers a complete line of CD and DVD drives If you would like more information on backup please refer to our Web site LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Introduction User Manual page 4 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie FireWire 4 J UA i 800 PCI Card Now when you connect your FireWire devices Your LaCie PCI Card Capabilities through your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Cord you will be able to BE compliant 1394a backward compot achieve the impressive transfer rates that FireWire makes pos Ese cables 9 to 6 pin or 9 to 4 sible pin cables The LaCie FireWire PCI Card has three high speed FireWire Three external FireWire ports pors giving you a convenient solution to connect more FireWire Transfer files at up to 800MBits sec peripheral devices to your computer such as high speed hard Digital video capture capabilities drives digital cameras scanners and most popular D8 cam Plug amp Play convenience corders No drivers required Anti static handle J Quick Links Click a topic Inserting your LaCie PCI Card Driver Installation LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card User Manual page 5 2 Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI C
13. nder no circumstances will any person be entitled to any sum greater than the purchase price paid for the card To obtain warranty service call LaCie Technical Support You may be asked to furnish proof of purchase to confirm that the card is still under warranty All cards returned to LaCie must be securely packaged in their original box and shipped with post age prepaid Register online for free technical support www lacie com register htm Warranty Information page 14
14. only the anti static gripping pad push the card into the empty PCI card slot There is only way to mount the card so if you are having problems inserting the card into the PCI slot make sure that it is oriented cor rectly Be sure that the gold contact pins of the PCI card are seated completely inside your computer s PCI slot Be aware that it may take some force to get the card fully seated in the slot 5 Once the PCI card is seated correctly tighten with a screw 6 If necessary replace any add in boards that you removed in Step 3 7 Now you are ready to put the computer s cover back on and reconnect all of your external peripheral devices and cables 8 Power on your computer After the start up procedure has finished you should be able to connect devices through the available FireWire ports LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO Installing Your LaCie PCI Card User Manual 3 3 Driver Installation Au Windows Users There are no drivers to install for Windows 2000 2003 Server XP and Vista The LaCie FireWire PCI Card has the drivers built into the BIOS for these operating sys tems i Mac Users There are no drivers to install The LaCie FireWire PCI Card has the drivers built into the BIOS for the Mac OS page 9 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual FireWire 800 Questions amp Answers page 10 4 FireWire 800 Questions amp Answers What Does IEEE 1394 Me
15. pan Contact us at http www lacie com jp contact LaCie Norway Contact us at http www lacie com no contact LaCie Sweden Contact us at http www lacie com se contact LaCie United Kingdom Contact us at http www lacie com uk contact LaCie USA Contact us at http www lacie com contact LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual 6 Warranty Information LaCie warrants your PCI card against any defect in material and workmanship under normal use for the period designated on your warranty certificate In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period LaCie will at its option repair or replace the defective PCI card This warranty is void if The card was operated stored in abnormal use or mainte nance conditions The card is repaired modified or altered unless such re pair modification or alteration is expressly authorized in writing by LaCie The card was subjected to abuse neglect lightning strike electrical fault improper packaging or accident The card was installed improperly The serial number of the card is defaced or missing LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct spe cial or consequential damages such as but not limited to dam age or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions U
16. rts And Vice Versa The new standard was designed to be backwards compatible meaning that FireWire 800 devices will still operate via the origi nal FireWire 400 port To connect a FireWire 800 device to a FireWire 400 port a specific adapter cable must be used though There are two types of FireWire 400 ports 6 pin and 4 pin For FireWire 800 devices to work they must be connected by placing the 9 pin end of the FireWire cable into the FireWire 800 port of the device and the opposite 6 pin or 4 pin end into the FireWire 400 port The same holds true for FireWire 400 devices being connected to a FireWire 800 host port The 4 pin or 6 pin end of the FireWire cable must be connected to the FireWire 400 port of the device and the 9 pin end must be connected to the FireWire 800 port When FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 devices are mixed all transfer rates revert to the original FireWire 400 speed For more information about the FireWire interface please visit http www lacie com technologies page 11 LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card DESIGN BY SISMO User Manual gt Contacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support Read the manual Try to isolate the problem If you still can t get your LaCie PCI Card to work properly con tact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand
17. wise without the prior written consent of LaCie Trademarks Apple Mac Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Com puter Inc Sony and iLink are registered trademarks of Sony Electronics Microsoft Windows 98 Windows 98SE Windows Millennium Edition Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for infor mation only and subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the in formation contained herein LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes 110419 v1 1 FCC Statement LaCie PCI Card C FireWire 800 or NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are de signed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not installed and used in a
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