Thermaltake MAX-1542, MAX-1562 Installation Manual

MAX-1542

Mo bile R ack / H DD Ca nist er

wi th SAS & SATA B ack plane

P/N : RC140 0101A

*H ard D riv e( s) no t inc lu ded
*Re qu ire H ot- Swa p SAS o r SATA C ont rol le r Car d/M ot her bo ard

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Ha rdware Insta lla tion

1. F ro n t & Ba ck V ie ws

2. H ar d D ri ve D is k In s ta ll at io n

1 = HDD S tatus B lue LED I ndica tor

2 = HDD Tr ay Secu rity Lo ck Mech anism

3 = Sli de-to -Open H DD Tray Sw itch

4 = 15- Pin Ser ial ATA Pow er Conn ector

5 = HDD S tatus L ED On (O) & O ff (X) Sw itc h

6 = Dua l 40mm Co oling F ans

7 = SAS / S ATA Data C onnec tors

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HDD 1 HDD 3

HDD 2

HDD 4

* Har d Drive n ot incl uded

- Ins ert 2.5 ” Hard Dr ive int o the Tray.

- Use t he prov ided sc rews an d faste n them in to 4

hig hligh ted hol es from t he bott om of the Tr ay into t he

bot tom of th e Hard Dr ive.

- For H ard Dri ve with h eight o f 9.5mm ,clos e the top

cov er by sli ding th e highl ighte d cap int o the fro nt of the

Tray f irst, t hen the r ear of re tenti on clip .

- For H ard Dri ve with h eight o ver 9.5 mm,it d oes not

req uire th e top cov er.

- Afte r the nec essar y top cov er clos ure,s lide th e HDD

Tray b ack to th e HDD Can ister B ase.

- Nex t, foll ow the Qu ick Ins talla tion in n ext pag e for the

res t of the Se tup.

Note:

- All Ne w / Raw har d drive (s) sho uld fol low har d drive / s ystem m anufa cture r guide line or

vis it Ther mal tak e FAQ Site t o parti tion, f ormat a nd any ne cessa ry step s prior i nitia l

usa ge. Har d drive (s) not p roper ly part ition ed or for matte d will no t work. ( S ee belo w for

Gen eral Gu ideli ne to Par titio n & Forma t “NEW & RA W” ha rd dr ive s)

- RAI D Compa tibil ity & Con figur ation b ases on R AID Con troll er Card / O n-Boa rd RAID

Con troll er Chip set.

- All Ne w or Raw Ha rd Driv e requi res an in itial P artit ion & For mat aft er Hard ware Se tup.

1. Fa sten al l screw s neces sary fo r any nee ded har d drive (s).

2. e- Assem ble the t op cove r for ind ividu al hard d rive tr ay if nec essar y.

3. Sl ide any n eeded h ard dri ve tray (s) int o HDD can ister b ase.

4. Pu sh the Re d-Col or hand ling ba r into cl osed po sitio n.

5. Us e the pro vided S ecuri ty Key to L ock the H DD Tray if d esire d.

6. Co nnect a ll nece ssary d ata and p ower ca ble ont o the rea r end of HD D canis ter bas e.

7. Co nnect a ll nece ssary d ata and p ower ca ble fro m the rea r end of HD D canis ter bas e to

eit her the S AS/SATA Co ntr oll er Ca rd or S AS/SATA Co nne cto rs on t he mo therb oard.

8. Tur n on the po wer of th e compu ter.

9. Wa it fo r you r ope rat ing sys tem to au tomat icall y searc h and rec ogniz e your ne wly

ins talle d hard dr ive(s ) befor e usage .

10. F or opti onal RA ID Conf igura tion & Se tup, pl ease fo llow th e user ma nual in struc tions

fro m your SA S/SATA Con tro lle r Car d or Mo therb oard.

11. All N ew or R aw Ha rd Driv e requi res an in itial P artit ion & For mat. Fo r instr uctio ns on

how t o parti tion & fo rmat, p lease v isit Th erm alt ake FAQ

Sit e: http ://ww w.ther malta keusa .com/ suppo rt/FAQ

Or, Se e below f or

Gen eral Gu ideli ne to Par titio n & Forma t “NEW & RA W” ha rd dr ive s

Qu ick In sta lla tion

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For Windo ws O pe rating Syst em :

1. Aft er conn ectin g all nec essar y cable (s) to PC , inser t the Har d Drive i nto dri ve slot .

2. Po wer on th e HDD Doc king St ation .

3. Aft er OS rec ogniz es the “N ew Hard ware” , the dri ver wil l autom atica lly be in stall ed.

4. Ne xt, “Ri ght Cli ck” on My C omput er (Com puter f or Vist a OS) i con on th e des kto p and

cho ose opt ion: Ma nage.

5. Un der Sto rage > Di sk Mana gemen t, init ializ e the new ly inst alled h ard dri ve. If th e drive

has b een ini tiali zed bef ore, th e initi alize o ption w ill not b e avail able.

6. Ri ght Cli ck on the n ewly ad ded har d drive a nd choo se New Pa rtiti on.

Ge neral Gui de lin e to P ar titio n & Fo rm at
“N EW & RAW ” har d dr ives

7. Fo llow th e onscr een New P artit ion Wiz ard t o setup P artit ion and F ormat h ard dri ve.

(Be S ure to Ass ign a Dri ve Lett er).

8. On ce Part ition a nd Form at is com plete d, hard d rive is r eady to u se.

For Mac OS:

Mac O S 9.2 & ear lier ve rsion d oes not s uppor t parti tion cr eatio n for ext ernal h ard dri ve. In

ord er to cre ate par titio n for ext ernal h ard dri ve with M ac OS 9.2 & e arlie r, user wi ll need t o

pur chase a dditi onal 3r d party s oftwa re to cre ate har d drive p artit ion. Fo r Mac OS X, s imply

use t he Disk U tilit y to Part ition a nd Form at exte rnal ha rd driv e as foll ows:

1. Se lect Di sk Util ities i n the uti litie s folde r.

2. Ch oose ne wly add ed exte rnal dr ive and f ormat i t.

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FCC

Thi s equip ment ha s been te sted an d found t o compl y with li mits fo r Class B d igita l

dev ice pur suant t o Part 15 o f Feder al Comm unica tions C ommis sion (F CC) rul es.

CE

Thi s equip ment ha s been te sted an d found t o compl y with th e limit s of the Eu ropea n

Cou ncil Di recti ve on the a pprox imati on of the l aw of the m ember s tates r elati ng to

ele ctrom agnet ic comp atibi lity (8 9/336 /EEC) a ccord ing to EN 5 5022 Cl ass B.

FCC a nd CE Com plian ce Stat ement

The se limi ts are de signe d to prov ide rea sonab le prot ectio n again st freq uency

int erfer ence in r eside ntial i nstal latio n. This e qui pm ent g ene rat es, u ses and c an radi ate

rad io freq uency e nergy, a nd if n ot inst all ed or u sed i n accor dance w ith the i nstru ction s

may c ause ha rmful i nterf erenc e to radi o commu nicat ion.

How ever, th ere is no g uaran tee tha t inter feren ce will n ot occu r in tele visio n recep tion,

whi ch can be d eterm ined by t urnin g the equ ipmen t off and o n. Th e use r is en coura ged

to tr y and cor rect th e inter feren ce by one o r more of t he foll owing m easur es:

- Reo rient o r reloc ate the r eceiv ing ant enna

- Inc rease t he sepa ratio n betwe en the eq uipme nt and th e recei ver

- Con nect th e equip ment in to an out let on a ci rcuit d iffer ent f rom tha t to

whi ch the re ceive r is conn ected t o

CAU TION!

The F edera l Commu nicat ions Co mmiss ion war ns the us er that c hange s or

mod ifica tions t o the uni t not exp ressl y appro ved by th e party r espon sible f or the

com plian ce coul d void th e user ’s au tho rit y to oper ate the e quipm ent.

Note:

If yo u want to o perat e Hard Dr ives on b oth Win dows an d Mac OS, i t is

rec ommen ded to fo rmat th e hard dr ive in Wi ndows a nd choo se FAT32 fi l for mat .

Do no t chang e set par titio n or form at hard d rive. O therw ise, Wi ndows O S will no t

be ab le to rec ogniz e the har d drive .

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FC C and CE Rad iati on No rm

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