VIPowER Portable 3.5 in. External Enclosure VP-9258V Installation Manual

Portable 3.5 in. External Enclosure

Installation Guide

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Model NO.:VP-9258V

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Introduction ..................................................................... 1

Features ............................................................................. 1

Alternative Smart connections................................................ 3

Electrical safety for users .................................................... 3

Operating systems .............................................................. 4

Certificate of Compliance .................................................... 5

Installation ....................................................................... 7

Prior to installation ............................................................... 7

Installing the USB software ................................................ 12

Connecting External Enclosure to your PC/Notebook or Mac ...... 13

Trouble shooting - Frequently asked questions ............... 17

Parts List ........................................................................ 21

Table of Contents

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VP-9258V Installation Guide 1

Introduction

Congratulation on your purchase of VP-9258V USB 2.0 Portable 3.5 in. Exter­nal Enclosure.

This External Enclosure has been designed to provide portable hot-swapping
(Plug and Play) operation of internal 3.5 in. hard drives.

Supplied with this enclosure is a USB 2.0 smart cable, AC/DC adapter, stand for
enclosure and a CD containing installation driver(s). The CD also contains a
copy of this installation guide.

The USB 2.0 smart cable (36 pin interface cable connection) enables connection
of the Enclosure to your PC/Notebook or Mac*.

All products are CE and FCC certified.

Power adaptor(s) are certified to EN60950 electrical safety standard.

(* Check Operating System to ensure compatibility)

Features

VP-9258V Portable 3.5 in. External Enclosure

• fast and easy USB 2.0 solution for both PC and Mac.

• USB 2.0/IDE compliant.

• supports USB 1.1 on Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP and

Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, OS X.

• supports USB 2.0 on Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP and Mac OS X.

Note

For USB 2.0 IDE bridge to perform at USB high speed it is necessary to have
USB 2.0 host port(s) and USB 2.0 host driver installed.

• 40 times faster than USB 1.1.

• fully compatible with IDE peripheral device.

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• supports HDD, MO, CR-ROM, CD-RW, DVD and DVD-RAM.

• hot swapping (plug and play). Support USB 2.0 transfer rates of 12 Mbps

and 480 Mbps.

• high speed (480 Mbit) and full speed (12 Mbit) support.

• integrated USB transceiver.

• USB suspend/resume remote wake up support Power modes.

• self powered (+ 5V). Supports ATA P10 modes 0-4.

• ATA interface operation mode automatically selected during device

initialisation or manually programmed with configuration data Support UDMA

modes 0-4 of operation.

USB 2.0 Smart cable (VP-9208)

• USB 2.0 IDE Bridge is fully compatible with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 function.

• supports two interface descriptors - FS (full speed) and HS (high speed).

• USB 2.0 IDE bridgeboard provides a high speed (480 Mbps) serial data

connection between IDE devices and USB 2.0 Host PCI.

• USB 2.0 IDE bridge provides true Plug and Play and High performance to

support existing storage drives. For example Hard drives, MO drives, CD

devices and DVD devices to PC with USB 2.0 interface.

• ATA interface supports ATA PIO modes 0.4 and Ultra mode DMA

modes 4.0.

Alternative Smart connections

Your VP-9258V is supplied with the VP-9208 USB2.0 smart cable. You can
change connectivity by simply changing your smart cable!

Options are:

Alternative connections:

• VP-9001 SATA (Serial ATA) to IDE 36 pin connector.

• VP-9006 PCMCIA to IDE 36 pin connector.

• VP-9007 Card Bus to IDE 36 pin connector.

• VP-9008 USB 1.1 to IDE 36 pin connector.

• VP-9009 Firewire 1394 to IDE 36 pin connector.

• VP-9208* USB 2.0 to IDE 36 pin connector.

(* Supplied with your VP-9258 kit)

Electrical safety for users

Always turn off the power supply to the computer and auxiliary devices prior
to changing hardware.

Sensitive electrical components can be damaged by sudden power surge.
Therefore, do not disconnect components or make any connections whilst the
power is on.

Only use approved power supply.

Ensure that all equipment that is designed to be earth is correctly earthed.

Always used plugs and cables supplied with the equipment.

Never replace a blown fuse with one of a higher rating.

Always ensure that ventilation holes and fan outlets are kept free from
obstruction, otherwise overheating of the equipment could occur.

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Operating systems

Microsoft XP

Download Service Pack 1 from Microsoft (free download) this ensures your
copy of XP has the latest drivers and improves recognition of external device
and smart cable.

Your VP-9258V will be automatically recognized and accessible.

Windows 2000

You need to load the smart cable driver from the CD supplied.

Following loading of this driver your external HDD (device) will be automati­cally recognized and accessible.

Windows 98SE and ME

You need to load the smart cable driver and USB driver from the CD supplied.

Following loading of these drivers your external HDD (device) will be auto­matically recognized and accessible.

Apple Mac

Ensure your Apple Max OS has USB 2.0 host adapter driver installed. These
drivers should be with your USB 2.0 host adapter.

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Certificate of Compliance

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