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Turn the drive enclosure onto it’s side as shown and remove the 

Phillips screws that are inserted into the bottom of the drive en-

closure. This will release the internal drive carrier. Slide the drive 

carrier out of the external housing, pushing it to the front.

Troubleshooting

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erly, begin by checking some basic possibilities, such as:

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UIFQPXFSTVQQMZCSJDL 

If the above solutions are not working, a full reset of your system 

may be in order.

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the memory being properly recognized again. To do this, you will 

need to boot your machine into Open firmware. 

To boot into Open Firmware, shut down your Mac, then start it 

up while holding down the Command, Option, O and F keys. 

At the Open Firmware screen prompt, enter the following com-

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each:

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If you are still experiencing problems with your drive, please con-

tinue on to Chapter 6: Contacting Customer Service.

Do not unplug any of the cables inside!

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or jumper changes are necessary or possible.

Removal of any cables will void your warranty.

Summary of Contents for Guardian Maximus

Page 1: ...O UIF FRVJQNFOU BOE SFDFJWFS t POOFDU UIF FRVJQNFOU JOUP BO PVUMFU PO B DJSDVJU EJòFSFOU GSPN UIBU UP XIJDI UIF SFDFJWFS JT DPOOFDUFE Health And Safety Precautions t 6TF QSPQFS BOUJ TUBUJD QSFDBVUJPOT XIJMF QFSGPSNJOH UIF JOTUBMMBUJPO PG ZPVS IBSE ESJWFT JOUP UIJT ESJWF FODMPTVSF BJMVSF to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure t 3FBE UIJT 6TFS T VJEF DBSFG...

Page 2: ...e the drive to that system and verify that the drive does not function with that machine t 7JTJU PVS UFDI DFOUFS GPS NPSF TVQQPSU TVHHFTUJPOT http helpcenter newertech com t MTP WJTJU PVS 2 TFDUJPO UP TFF XIBU PUIFS DVTUPNFST IBWF asked about and how they solved their problem This is also available in our tech center If you still need support t BWF UIF TFSJBM OVNCFS PG UIF IBSE ESJWF t PVS JOWPJDF...

Page 3: ...BO 9JNVT VOUJM ZPV IBWF DPNQMFUFE UIJT step Share your Mac formatted drive with your PC using MacDrive optional purchase GUFS JOTUBMMJOH BD SJWF ZPVS 4 BDJOUPTI WPMVNF XJMM mount as if the drive were formatted in a native Windows format BD SJWF BMMPXT ZPV UP VTF ZPVS FXFS5FDI VBSEJBO 9JNVT hard drive on either platform without having to reformat or re initialize the volume We highly recommend this...

Page 4: ...chine into Open firmware To boot into Open Firmware shut down your Mac then start it up while holding down the Command Option O and F keys At the Open Firmware screen prompt enter the following com NBOET ZPV NBZ XBOU UP XSJUF UIFN EPXO PO B QJFDF PG QBQFS CFGPSF CFHJOOJOH UIJT QSPDFTT QSFTTJOH UIF SFUVSO LFZ BGUFS each SFTFU OWSBN QSFTT SFUVSO TFU EFGBVMUT QSFTT SFUVSO SFTFU BMM QSFTT SFUVSO ZPVS ...

Page 5: ...errors t 5IF MFGUNPTU JT B HSFFO QPXFS light This will illuminate normally when the case is powered on t 5IF NJEEMF UXP T BOE BSF HSFFO BOE XJMM JMMVNJOBUF when hard drive 1 and hard drive 2 are being written to They will not illuminate if the drive is not being ac cessed they will turn off t G B IBSE ESJWF GBJMT POF PG UIF NJE EMF UXP MJHIUT PS XJMM turn red indicating which drive has GBJMFE 6QPO...

Page 6: ...DGE CARD Confirm that you want to erase the disk After a few moments the erase command will complete and the FXFS 5FDIOPMPHZ VBSEJBO 9JNVT WPMVNF XJMM NPVOU PO ZPVS EFTLUPQ PV DBO RVJU JTL 6UJMJUZ BOE ZPV SF BMM TFU OTFSU 1IJMMJQT TDSFXT JOUP UIF UPQ IBSE ESJWF GVMMZ TFDVSJHO JU JOUP UIF FXFS5FDI VBSEJBO 9JNVT ESJWF FODMPTVSF 5IFSF are 2 screws on each side of the enclosure Make sure to tightend t...

Page 7: ...F the enclosure to the outer shell 0ODF ZPV WF TFMFDUFE UIF FXFS5FDI VBSEJBO 9JNVT ESJWF ZPV MM OPUJDF UIF BCPWF DIBOHF JO UIF JTL 6UJMJUZ QSPHSBN MJDL PO UIF i SBTFw UBC OFYU UP UIF IJHIMJHIUFE CMVF i JSTU JEw UBC JO this picture 0ODF PO UIF SBTF UBC ZPV OFFE UP OBNF UIF WPMVNF ZPV XBOU to format and erase it Name the volume as you want choose UIF 7PMVNF GPSNBU UZQF BD 04 YUFOEFE PVSOBMFE JT EF G...

Page 8: ...s the following dialog box should appear on ZPVS TDSFFO TFF OFYU QBHF IBQUFS Click on the Initialize button Select the device with no volumes attached to it in this picture UIBU XPVME CF UIF FXFS 5FDIOPMPHZ EFWJDF MJDL PODF on the picture of the drive icon next to the text Initializing the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus Chapter 2 5IF JOTUSVDUJPOT UIBU GPMMPX BSF GPS JOJUJBMJ JOH UIF VBSEJBO 9JNVT XJUI...

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