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The transfer rate on my Power Macintosh 8500 seems less than the Serial ATA 

specified maximum of 150Mbytes/sec.

Early Power Macintosh computers, typically built before the 

beige G3

 was available, have 

limited hardware resources.  These limited resources severely limit data transfer rates of 
many storage technologies, including Serial ATA.

Does the SeriTek/1SE2 or SeriTek/1eSE2 work with all Power Macintosh 

computers?

No, SeriTek/1SE2 or SeriTek/1eSE2 only works with Power Macintosh computers with at 

least one PCI slot available.  If your system lacks PCI slots you cannot use SeriTek/1SE2
or SeriTek/1eSE2.

My older Parallel ATA hard drives and peripherals have jumper settings.  

However I can

t find jumper settings on my new Serial ATA hard drive or 

peripheral.  How can I set it to Master or Slave; is there any way to set the 
SCSI ID?

Serial ATA hard drives and peripherals are internally configured as Master drives.  Only 

one drive can be attached to each Serial ATA bus/connector.  There is no need to change 
settings on either the drive or the controller.

I have an old Parallel ATA drive which I am trying to use with a Parallel ATA to 

Serial ATA converter, but it doesn

t seem to work.

Some older Parallel ATA drives do not comply with current ATA standards.  Parallel ATA to 

Serial ATA converters cannot recognize such drives.

VI. Product Support

Technical 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 

[email protected]

.

Please provide the following information when contacting us:

Product model and serial number

Firmware version (You may use the Apple System Profiler as described in the 

troubleshooting section to determine the firmware version.  Look for ROM# and Revision #)

Macintosh model

Macintosh OS type and version (example: Mac OS X, version 10.2)

Hardware and software installed on your system

Contact information including daytime telephone number and email address

A detailed description of the question or problem

Return Merchandise Authorization

If FirmTek technical support determines the product needs to be repaired or replaced, a Return 
Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number and shipping address will be provided.  Please pack in 
the original shipping container all of the original packaging - including the static bag, all hardware, 
software, cables, and other accessories that came with the original product.  You are responsible 
for shipping and insurance costs, and any damage incurred due to improper packaging or 
transport.

FirmTek reserves the right to determine whether the product is to be repaired or replaced with 
new or refurbished parts, or with a new or refurbished product.  Standard United States return 
shipping charges will be paid by FirmTek.  Foreign and other shipping methods such as express 
shipping are available for an additional charge.

Содержание SeriTek/1eSE2

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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