ADS Technologies API-814 Installation Manual

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USB 2.0 Driver Installation:For USB 2.0 Drive Kit (Part# USBX-804) and Dual-Link Drive Kit (Part# DLX-185)USB 2.0 allows a maximum speed of up to 480 Megabits per second – or 60 Megabytes persecond. To run at USB 2.0 Speeds, the host Computer needs to be USB 2.0 Enabled. MostPC’s sold since early 2003 have USB 2.0 built-in. The POWER MAC G5’s and the latest ApplePowerBook G4’s also have USB 2.0 built-in. If you plug the Drive Kit into a USB 1.1 Port, the drivekit will only run at speeds up to 12 Megabits/s (1.5 Megabytes per second).Aftermarket USB 2.0 PCI Cards and Notebook Cardbus cards are also available to add USB 2.0Ports to your PC or MAC. Please check the ADS Tech website, www.adstech.com, for more details.• For Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows ME, NO drivers are required. Simply plug inyour drive kit to an available USB Port.• For Windows 98SE and Windows 98 Gold, Insert the Drive Kit CD first then plug in yourDrive Kit to an available USB Port. The drivers are in the ROOT directory of the Drive Kit CD.• For MAC OS 9.X, no drivers are required. Simply plug in your drive kit to an available USB Port.• For MAC OS 10.X, no drivers are required. Simply plug in your drive kit to an available USB Port.FireWire/1394a Driver Installation:For PYRO 1394 Drive Kit (Part# API-800) and Dual-Link Drive Kit (Part# DLX-185)The first version of FireWire, IEEE1394a, runs at a maximum speed of 400 Megabits/s. or 50Megabytes per second. All the operating systems from Microsoft Support FireWire Except Windows98 Gold.For computers without firewire ports, a range of ADS Tech FireWire cards can be added to yoursystem. Please check our website, www.adstech.com and check the PYRO Basic or the PYRO forNotebooks product pages for more details.For MAC Operating Systems, support for FireWire exist natively from Apple’s OS 9.X and higher.ADS Tech also provides software from Intech, HDST (Hard Disk Speed Tools – Mac Only). HDSTprovides a wide range of partitioning, formatting and benchmarking tools for your MAC. Versions forOS 9.X and OS 10.X are included with all Drive Kit products. Please check your CD.Software Installation4Drive Kit Installation Manual