User manual SYQUEST SYJET INTERNAL EIDE

[. . . ] ® 1. 5 GB Internal EIDE Removable Cartridge Disk Drive Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems Welcome to SyQuest® Thank you for buying a SyQuest removable cartridge hard drive, a truly unique combination of powerful features and performance. Our goal is to make your drive an invaluable asset for years to come, starting today. If you have questions or need assistance installing your drive, contact SyQuest at one of the numbers listed below. This document and all material contained in it are copyrighted. [. . . ] You have no space available for mounting the SyJet drive. You must either remove a current device and replace it with the SyJet EIDE drive, or update your computer's hardware. If you have an IDE controller, SyQuest recommends that you replace it with an EIDE controller. Please consult your authorized SyQuest reseller for additional guidance (for example, on the alternative use of SyQuest SCSI or Parallel Port drives). Prepare the Mounting Bay and Cabling You are now ready to begin installing your SyJet EIDE drive. If you have multiple unused mounting bays and plan to share the interface cable with another EIDE device, select the unused mounting bay closest to the shared device. 1. Remove the mounting-bay cover from the unused 3. 5-inch or 5. 25-inch mounting bay. You can mount the drive either horizontally or vertically, but not upside down. Remove the blank plastic or metal mounting-bay cover from the cover (or front panel) of your computer. Some covers are held in place by screws, while others use plastic tabs. Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 2-13 2. Install an 18-inch EIDE ribbon cable if needed. Most computer systems with an EIDE controller already include one or two EIDE cables with three connectors and of sufficient length. If your computer is an exception, you may need to obtain an 18-inch EIDE cable that has three connectors, as shown in Figure 2-9. Note: Eighteen inches is the maximum length permitted by the EIDE standard. It provides connectors for attaching two EIDE devices to an EIDE port. Figure 2-9. Eighteen-inch EIDE Cable With Three Connectors Install an 18-inch EIDE cable if one of these situations applies: · You are installing the SyJet drive as the master device on the secondary EIDE port. No cable is currently attached to the secondary port. (Use step d of the following procedure. ) · You are installing the SyJet drive as the slave device on an EIDE cable. The existing cable has only two connectors, or the cable is too short to reach both the SyJet drive and the master EIDE device. (Use the following procedure. ) 2-14 1. 5 GB Internal EIDE Removable Cartridge Disk Drive To replace an existing EIDE ribbon cable: a. Note the orientation of the striped or colored edge (pin 1) of the cable relative to the 40-pin connector on the EIDE controller. Undo the existing cable from the EIDE controller port. Fold the new cable in half lengthwise so that the two ends touch. Observe that one half of the ribbon cable has two 40-pin connectors, while the other half has only one 40-pin connector (at its end). Attach the end of the new cable that has one 40-pin connector to the appropriate EIDE or IDE controller port. Be sure to attach the striped edge of the ribbon cable to pin 1 of the 40-pin connector of the EIDE or IDE controller. [. . . ] Note: Windows NT 4. 0 with Service Pack2 or higher fully supports cartridge removability for SyJet drives. If you use version 3. 5x or an earlier version of Windows NT, you must first close all programs and shutdown Windows NT before you can remove a cartridge. Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 3-3 OS/2 1. Insert the SyQuest installation diskette. Also verify that the SyJet cartridge is fully inserted in the SyJet drive. 2. Select Device Driver Install from System Setup. If you are using OS/2 4. 0, select Install/Remove from System Setup. 3. [. . . ]