OWC THUNDERBAY Assembly Manual & User Manual Download Page 8

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OWC’s Limited Warranty is not transferable and subject to limitations.

Changes:

The material in this document is for information purposes only and subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have 
been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, OWC and its officers and employees assume no liability 
resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. OWC 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.

FCC Statement:

Warning! Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this device.

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 designed 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 energy and, if not 
installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. 
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 interference 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 designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. 
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the 
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not 
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television 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 receiving antenna.
•  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•  Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Health And Safety Precautions:

•  Use proper anti-static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure. Failure to do so 

can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and/or the hard drive enclosure.

•  Read this user guide carefully and follow the correct procedures when setting up the device.
•  Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the device. To avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous 

emissions, never insert any metallic object into the device. If it appears to be malfunctioning, contact OWC technical support.

•  Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on 

the drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury.

General Use Precautions:

•  To avoid damage, do not expose the device to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 40° C (41° F to 104° F).
•  Always unplug the device from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of 

time. Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

•  Do not use the device near other electrical appliances such as televisions, radios or speakers. Doing so may cause interference 

which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

•  Do not place the device near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic 

interference can affect the operation and stability of hard drives.

•  Do not place heavy objects on top of the device.
•  Protect your device from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage. Dust can build up inside the device, increasing the 

risk of damage or malfunction.

•  Do not block any ventilation openings on the device. These help to keep the device cool during operation. Blocking the 

ventilation openings may cause damage to the device and cause an increased risk of short-circuiting or fire.

•  For up-to-date product and warranty information, please visit the product web page.

Copyright and Trademarks:

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 otherwise, without the prior written consent of OWC. 

© 2016 OWC. All rights reserved. 

OWC and ThunderBay are trademarks of New Concepts Development Corporation, registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office and/or in Canada. The OWC logo is trademarks of New Concepts Development Corporation. Apple, Mac, and OS X are 
trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and in other countries. Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 are trademarks of Intel 
Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other 
countries. Other marks may be the trademark or registered trademark property of their owners.

OWCMANTB4MINI

R5 01/08/16 DM

Summary of Contents for THUNDERBAY

Page 1: ...T H U N D E R B A Y 4 M I N I Assembly Manual User Guide ...

Page 2: ...2 5 SATA hard drives or SSDs 1 5 3 0 or 6 0Gb s 1 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 4 FRONT VIEW 1 4 1 Front Features 1 5 REAR VIEW 1 5 1 Rear Features DEVICE SETUP 3 2 1 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION 2 2 QUICK START 2 3 SOFTWARE RAID 2 4 CHANGING DRIVES 2 4 1 Drive Failure SUPPORT RESOURCES 5 3 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 3 2 ABOUT DATA BACKUP 3 3 DATA MIGRATION 3 4 CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...

Page 3: ...age for the most recent product specifications 1 4 FRONT VIEW 1 4 1 Front Features 1 Locking faceplate Use the included keys to lock the faceplate for security or to remove the faceplate to gain access to the drive bays 2 LED indicators See the following chart for details on the ThunderBay 4 mini s LEDs LED COLOR ThunderBay ON ThunderBay SLEEPING DRIVE ACTIVITY DRIVE BAD BAY EMPTY Power Blue orang...

Page 4: ... or if the computer is off or in a sleep or hibernation mode the ThunderBay 4 mini will turn off Thunderbolt device chains can support up to six Thunderbolt devices Thunderbolt 2 is backwards compatible with Thunderbolt but any devices connected in a Thunderbolt chain after a Thunderbolt device will operate at original Thunderbolt speed 10Gb s rather than Thunderbolt 2 speed 20Gb s If mixing Thund...

Page 5: ... Turn the key clockwise then pull the key towards you The faceplate will swing open as shown 3 Pull up on the faceplate to remove it 4 Pull on the tab at the center of an empty drive tray to remove the tray from the enclosure 5 Set the drive tray as shown on your work surface If you are replacing an existing drive unscrew it from the drive tray at this time 6 Place your hard drive or SSD inside th...

Page 6: ...rs of a RAID array OS X and Windows both have software RAID capabilities natively through their disk management applications and there are third party applications that offer expanded RAID support including SoftRAID for the Mac To learn more about SoftRAID options for the ThunderBay 4 mini please visit www owcdigital com softraidsupport 2 4 CHANGING DRIVES You can add or remove any drive without n...

Page 7: ...r OWC technical support contact information 3 2 ABOUT DATA BACKUP To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent data loss we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data one copy on your OWC ThunderBay 4 mini and a second copy on either your internal drive or another storage medium such as an optical backup or on another external storage unit Any data loss or corruption while us...

Page 8: ... to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure Read this user guide carefully and follow the correct procedures when setting up the device Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the device To avoid any risk of electrical shock fire short circuiting or dangerous emissions never insert any metallic object into the device If it appears to be malfunctioning contac...

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