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SeriTek/1SE2 and SeriTek/1eSE2 System Requirements

Operating System

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Macintosh OS 9.XX

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Macintosh OS X version 10.1.5 or later

Hardware Requirements

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PCI based Power Macintosh with available PCI expansion slot

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External powered enclosure equipped with Serial ATA hard drive(s) or Parallel ATA hard
drives (Parallel ATA hard drives require compatible Serial ATA to Parallel ATA converters
contained within the enclosure)

Materials Required

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Standard medium-sized Phillips screwdriver

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Summary of Contents for SeriTek/1eSE2

Page 1: ...SeriTek 1SE2 SeriTek 1eSE2 Two External Port Hot Swap Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter User Manual for Power Macintosh...

Page 2: ...s possible the content of this manual may contain technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors FirmTek assumes no liability for any errors omissions or from the use of this manual that may res...

Page 3: ...iTek 1SE2 or SeriTek 1eSE2 5 III Connecting External Enclosure s 7 IV Using SeriTek 1SE2 and SeriTek 1eSE2 Hot Swap Functionality 18 V Troubleshooting 22 VI Product Support 24 VII Product Warranty and...

Page 4: ...he SeriTek 1SE2 and SeriTek 1eSE2 host adapters extend Serial ATA s 1 5Gbits sec performance to the outside of the Macintosh computer chassis enabling users to take advantage of external Serial ATA en...

Page 5: ...sizes larger than 137GB Includes a made for Macintosh one meter fully shielded thin and flexible 1 meter Serial ATA cable with 7 pin connector SeriTek 1SE2 only SeriTek 1eSE2 eSATA cables are availabl...

Page 6: ...ATA 1 0a specification Bus Mastering off loads data I O handling from CPU Complete 32 bit CRC error checking for all bits transmitted command data and status offers enhanced data protection for high s...

Page 7: ...uirements PCI based Power Macintosh with available PCI expansion slot External powered enclosure equipped with Serial ATA hard drive s or Parallel ATA hard drives Parallel ATA hard drives require comp...

Page 8: ...access the PCI slots Please refer to your Macintosh user s manual for more information about gaining access to PCI slots and hard drive or peripheral bays 3 Choose an empty PCI expansion slot where y...

Page 9: ...ter case and re attach the AC power cord Ready for Use Your SeriTek 1SE2 or SeriTek 1eSE2 host adapter is now installed The SeriTek 1SE2 and SeriTek 1eSE2 host adapters feature fully self contained Ma...

Page 10: ...TA cable s to the Serial ATA receptacle s on the SeriTek 1SE2 or SeriTek 1eSE2 and connect the other end s to the external enclosure 4 Power on the external enclosure Note Macintosh computers require...

Page 11: ...of the same type for them to fit L shaped female to L shaped male or eSATA female to eSATA male First check that you are connecting the correct type of connectors to each other If your connectors sti...

Page 12: ...Figure 2 Finding Apple s Drive Setup Utility 3 Locate and double click on the Drive Setup application program utility see Figure 3...

Page 13: ...select the drive you wish to format by clicking on it See Figure 4 If this is a new unformatted drive it may show up as not initialized Note For ideal performance and compatibility SeriTek 1SE2 and S...

Page 14: ...e button to format the hard drive see Figure 5 As an alternative you may use the Custom Setup option if you are comfortable with customizing the hard drive s partition layout For more details on the C...

Page 15: ...or SeriTek 1eSE2 9 Select the File pull down menu within Apple s Drive Setup utility and choose Quit to exit the application Formatting Serial ATA Drives Using Macintosh OS X Version 10 1 5 or Later 1...

Page 16: ...drives typically have no volume names listed Carefully select the drive you wish to format Note Some versions of Apple Disk Utility incorrectly display Serial ATA hard drives as having the Connection...

Page 17: ...e you wish to format select the Erase tab in Apple s Disk Utility see Figure 9 Figure 9 Selecting the Erase tab in Apple s Disk Utility 5 For Volume Format the most common choice is Mac OS Extended 6...

Page 18: ...mproved when the data is read and written across multiple drives simultaneously No data integrity is provided with striping however and since data is spread across multiple drives if one of the hard d...

Page 19: ...rag a hard drive to add as a member of the new RAID volume onto the Disk status window 6 Repeat step 5 for each member for the RAID volume 7 Choose a RAID Scheme Stripe or Mirror 8 Name the new RAID v...

Page 20: ...volume 10 After reviewing the options you selected click on the Create button to initialize the new RAID volume see Figure 12 Figure 12 Creating a new RAID volume 11 After the RAID volume is successfu...

Page 21: ...ned to provide RAID based volume spanning among two hard drives connected to one SeriTek 1SE2 or SeriTek 1eSE2 host adapter If RAID volumes span internal and external hard drives do not attempt to rem...

Page 22: ...tion To prevent loss of data save your work and close associated applications before removing the external hard drive applications need to be closed since they may keep temporary working files open on...

Page 23: ...to trash associated with an external hard drive before removing it If you do not properly unmount volumes before removing the associated hard drive s a Device Removal dialog box will appear See Figure...

Page 24: ...Figure 20 Connecting External Hard Drive s...

Page 25: ...nclosure are properly powered Apple s Drive Setup utility OS 9 XX or Disk Utility OS X does not display the Serial ATA hard drive or peripheral After checking the cables connections and the external e...

Page 26: ...under Mac OS X 1 Open the Apple System Profiler by clicking opening the Finder clicking Applications at the top opening the Utilities folder and double clicking on Apple System Profiler 2 Select the D...

Page 27: ...Support For additional information on how to use SeriTek 1SE2 or SeriTek 1eSE2 download the latest firmware updates or for technical assistance please visit us at www firmtek com or email us at suppo...

Page 28: ...provided This warranty shall not apply to any defects resulting from improper handling misuse misapplication abuse or unauthorized modification s which are performed by end user FirmTek LLC reserves...

Page 29: ...reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the recei...

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