LaCie Rugged Hard Disk user manual USB Cables and Connectors

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design by Neil Poulton	Introduction
User Manual	page 8

1.4.Cables and Connectors

1.4.1.USB Cables and Connectors

USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting periph- eral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras.

USB Cable

Your LaCie hard disk is shipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also work when con- nected to a USB 1.1 port, but drive performance will be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.

USB Cable Ends

USB Power Cable

In the event that the USB bus on your computer does not pro- vide the necessary power to operate your LaCie hard disk, the included USB power cable connects to an available USB port on your computer.

The USB ports (either USB 2.0 or USB 1.1) on your computer will help provide power to your LaCie drive.

1.Attach the small end of the USB power cable to the back of your LaCie drive (a).

2.Attach the USB end of the USB power cable to an available USB port on your computer (b).

USB Power Cable Ends

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits

✦✦ Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works with the original USB specifications.

✦✦ Hot-swappable: no need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing devices.

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Figure 1.4.3