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Appendix C: Technical Support

Information

This section of the manual will give you instructions on how to obtain tech-
nical information and support for your EZ-GIG product.

Before You Contact Technical Support

Apricorn is committed to providing you comprehensive technical support.
We suggest you use the following sequence for faster service.

1. Hardware Installation section of the User’s Guide Manual

2. Apricorn’s Web Site (http://www.apricorn.com) Check for up to date in-
    formation.

3. Apricorn’s Technical Support Department (858-513-2000)

4. Apricorn’s RMA Department (see below)

Apricorn’s Technical Support Specialists are available from 8:00 AM to 5:00
PM Monday through Friday, Pacific Standard Time or e-mail questions to
[email protected].

RMA Policy

If you need to return or replace your EZ-GIG product, Apricorn requires that
you perform the following steps:

In order to return or replace your EZ-GIG product, Apricorn must issue an
RMA (return merchandise authorization) tracking number.  Simply call
Apricorn’s Technical Support department with Apricorn’s  part # and a de-
scription of the problem you’re experiencing. If the Apricorn representative
finds cause for a return, they will issue an RMA number to reference your
product.  It is the customer’s responsibility to write the RMA number on the
exterior of the package and send the prepaid package to:

Apricorn
Attn: RMA# _________
12191 Kirkham Rd.
Poway, CA 92064

You can also access the RMA form on-line at http://www.apricorn.com/
techsupp/rma.html. Fax the form to our RMA department to make your
replacement easier and faster. Purchaser shall be responsible for any loss
or damage to the returned product until it is received by Apricorn. Pur-
chaser should consider obtaining insurance with respect to shipping the
product.

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Страница 1: ...WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT NOT PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM APRICORN OR TO ANY PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR RENDERED DEFECTIVE 1 AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT MISUSE NEGLECT ABUSE OR FAILURE AND OR INABILITY TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION GUIDE 2 BY THE USE OF PARTS NOT MANUFACTURED OR SOLD BY APRICORN 3 BY MODIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT OR 4 AS A RESULT OF SERV...

Страница 2: ...duction 1 Contents List 1 Before using EZ GIG 2 Chapter 1 Notebook EZ GIG Installation 3 4 Chapter 2 External Hard Drive Storage 5 Chapter 3 Desktop EZ GIG Installation 6 Appendix A EZ GIG Installation with out access to 2 HDD and floppy drive 7 Appendix B Utilities Menu 8 Appendix C Technical Support 9 RMA 10 ...

Страница 3: ...s Windows 95 FAT16 Windows 95 OSR2 FAT16 FAT32 Windows 98 FAT16 FAT32 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT FAT16 Dual Boot FAT16 w 64 clusters NTFS OS 2 FAT16 FAT16 Dual Boot HPFS Windows 3 x and all versions of DOS Package Contents EZ GIG Data Transfer Solution EZ GIG Data Transfer Utility Hard Drive PC Card Cable PC Card Cable Translation Board optional Translation Board optional EZ GIG Software E...

Страница 4: ...test BIOS update If an update is needed do this before using EZ GIG It is recommended that the EZ GIG software only be run while your notebook computer is running on AC power adapter Battery power may run out during file transfer Safety Instructions Observe proper ESD Electo Static Discharge handling techniques at all times Keep hard drive in the antistatic bag until you are ready to install it Do...

Страница 5: ...e that it is pushed in all the way See figure 1 4 Connect the new hard drive to the cable or translation board For bare hard drives the keyed notch on the hard drive connector should correspond with the keyed notch on the black cable figure 2 Hard drives with proprietary connec tors require attachment via the transla tion board 5 Insert the bootable diskette labeled EZ GIG Data Transfer Utility in...

Страница 6: ...for Utilities Menu 8 Your screen will display the following When you see the spinning character begin to move the transfer is under way Press CTRL Q to cancel process Copying partition 1 of 1 gathering information 1 9 When the data transfer is complete the following will be displayed on your screen See figure 4 Remove the floppy diskette and turn off your notebook Elapsed time hr min sec Data has ...

Страница 7: ...ew drive and choose Format Windows 98 98SE ME 1 Turn notebooks power OFF 2 Insert the EZ GIG PC Card with cable attached into an available PCMCIA slot Make sure that it is pushed in all the way 3 Power up the system Windows should recognize the insertions and re spond with a New Hardware window Click Next 4 Choose Search for Best Driver and click Next 5 Insert the EZ GIG software diskette and clic...

Страница 8: ...o the utilities menu your source drive is your primary master and your destination drive is your secondary master If your new hard drive is being installed in a system with more than two hard drives EZ GIG will identify the Primary Master as the Source Drive and the new bare drive as the Destination Drive SeeAppendix B for switching the source and destination drive 3 You are now ready to start the...

Страница 9: ... will prompt you with the message Press any key to continue when finished Remove floppy diskette and turn off your computer 6 Remove the floppy drive from the PCMCIA slot 7 Connect the old hard drive to the cable For bare hard drives the keyed notch on the hard drive connector should correspond with the keyed notch on the cable See figure 2 in the manual on page 3 Insert the EZ GIG PC Card Cable i...

Страница 10: ...lows you to toggle between enabling and disabling this feature Formatting Extra Space All extra space is automatically formatted for use as data partitions Ctrl E allows you to toggle between enabling and disabling this feature Big Drive Translation Hard Drives larger than 5GB need a special type of cylinder head sector translation to work properly in the system This capability lets you decide whi...

Страница 11: ...our system locks right after turning the power on or when you are in the CMOS you have a cylinder limitation The drive overlay software will create a new layer of software that will translate to accommodate any BIOS limitations EZ DRIVE software from Micro House has been included in this package for your convenience Below is the instruction set for creating and installing the drive overlay fix fro...

Страница 12: ...e your EZ GIG product Apricorn requires that you perform the following steps In order to return or replace your EZ GIG product Apricorn must issue an RMA return merchandise authorization tracking number Simply call Apricorn s Technical Support department with Apricorn s part and a de scription of the problem you re experiencing If the Apricorn representative finds cause for a return they will issu...

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