5. Tech Tips
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LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface
User’s Manual
5.3.1. FireWire 800 Ports And Performance
To utilize the newly enhanced FireWire 800 performances, your computer must be equipped with a FireWire 800 host bus
adapter card (either sold separately, or integrated by your computer’s manufacturer). These host bus adapter cards include
one or more FireWire 800 ports, but you must be running Mac OS 10.2.4 and higher, or Windows 2000 or Windows XP in
order to achieve FireWire 800 performance and functionality.
At the time of publication (April, 2005), only Mac OS 10.2.4 and higher, and Windows 2000 and Windows XP, support
FireWire 800 functionality, and the IEEE 1394b interface is not a standard feature implemented on the motherboards of all
PC-compatible computers.
Contact your LaCie reseller or
LaCie Customer Support
for information abut FireWire 800 PCI or PC Cards, or visit our Web
site:
www.lacie.com
.
5.3.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports And Performance
To utilize the enhanced Hi-Speed USB 2.0 performance, your computer must be equipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 host bus
adapter card (either sold separately, or integrated by your computer’s manufacturer) and the appropriate drivers. These host
bus adapter cards, which include one or more USB ports, are shipped with special Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drivers that enable the
computer to control the card. These drivers must be installed in order for USB 2.0 devices connected to the port to work at
their correct speeds.
Computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP automatically manage Hi-Speed USB 2.0 devices and drivers.
Mac OS 9.x does not support Hi-Speed USB 2.0 functionality, and all Hi-Speed USB 2.0 devices will only operate at the
original USB specifications. Mac OS 10.2.7 and later supports Hi-Speed USB 2.0, and Mac OS 10.x also supports Hi-Speed
USB 2.0, but you will have to purchase a third-party PCI or PC Card and appropriate drivers.
Contact your LaCie reseller or
LaCie Customer Support
for information about Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI or PC Cards, or visit our
Web site:
www.lacie.com
.
