Hardware Installation
IMPORTANT: if your drive is delivered under hot or cold conditions,
please allow the drive to reach room temperature before operating to N prevent damage.
Note for MacOS 9.x users: Please install Hard Disk Speedtools prior to connecting your MicroNet Disk Drive.
• Plug | end |
into a grounded electrical outlet.
•Press the power switch on the drive to turn on your MicroNet storage device, then
•Connect the 9 pin connection of one end of the included FireWire cables to one of the FireWire ports on the rear of your drive.
•Connect the other end to one of your computer’s FireWire 400 or 800 ports, or to a FireWire port on a device already connected to your computer.
Specifications- Hard Disk Drives
Capacities | 400GB, 500GB | |
Buffer Size | 16MB | |
Track to Track | : | 0.8 |
Full Stroke | 17 | |
Data Transfer Rate | ||
Sector Size | 512 bytes | |
Latency | <4.17 ms | |
Seek time (average) | <8.5 ms | |
Internal Drive Interface | ATA 133 | |
Cable Transfer Rate | 400Mb/s (FireWire 1394A) | |
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| 800Mb/s (FireWire 1394B) |
Rotational Speed | 7200RPM | |
Dimensions | 10” x 6.5” x 2” | |
Weight | 5.1 lbs | |
Power Supply | ||
About FireWire (IEEE-1394)
FireWire was invented by Apple Computer in the early 1990s and was adopted by the IEEE as a standard (IEEE 1394) in 1995 as a
can move large amounts of data between computers and peripheral devices. It features simplified cabling, hot swapping, and transfer speeds of up to 400 megabits per second. FireWire is one of the fastest peripheral standards ever developed, which makes it great for use with multimedia peripherals such as video camcorders and other
More information, along with the latest MacOS drivers for FireWire can always be found at
http://www.apple.com/firewire/
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