Belkin F5U501-MAC User manual

P73448-A F5U501-MAC
Belkin®Components
FireWire PCI Card
Instruction Manual
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Thank you for purchasing the Belkin IEEE 1394 PCI upgrade card.
Now you can add three 400 Mbps FireWire ports to your Apple
PowerMac computer and enjoy the blazing speed and convenient
Plug-and-Play operation of next-generation FireWire devices.
Features:
• Three external 6-pin 400 Mbps FireWire Ports
• Compliant with OHCI 1.0 specifications
• Compliant with PCI 2.1and 2.2 specifications
• Compliant with IEEE 1394a 1995 specifications
• Internal auxiliary power connector
• IT/AT FIFO Buffers—4k/2k
• IR/AR FIFO Buffers—4k/2k
Minimum Recommended System Requirements:
• 266Mhz G3 processor
• 32 MB RAM
• One free PCI 2.1-compliant PCI slot
• Mac®OS 8.6 and Apple®FireWire 2.4
• QuickTimeTM 3.0 (For use with FireWire digital video devices)
StrataTM VideoShop 4.5.1 Minimum Recommended
System Requirements:
• 300MHz G3 processor
• 64MB RAM
• Mac OS 8.6
• 200MB free hard disk space
Package Contents:
• Belkin IEEE 1394 PCI upgrade card
• 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable
• Strata VideoShop 4.5.1 Installation CD
• Registration card
• This instruction manual
Introduction and System Requirements
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Hardware Installation
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1. Power off your computer and
disconnect all connected devices
and peripherals.
2. Open the case of your computer. Refer to your computer
user manual for details regarding how to do this. Be sure
to touch any bare metal portion of your computer case to
discharge yourself of any static electricity, which can
damage your computer, or the FireWire card.
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Hardware Installation (continued)
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3. Locate the PCI slots on your computer’s main circuit
board. The PCI slots are white in color. Remove the metal
plate that covers the rear slot corresponding to the PCI slot
you wish to use. You may need a cross-head/Phillips
screwdriver to remove any screws. See the image below
for your reference.
Rear Bracket
PCI Slots
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4. Remove the FireWire card from its protective static bag.
Handle it by the metal bracket only, and do not touch the
gold edge connectors. Insert the card into the PCI slot,
carefully aligning the rear bracket to the computer case.
Make sure that the card edges are fully inserted into the slot.
Hardware Installation (continued)
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Hardware Installation (continued)
5. Fasten the card
securely using the
screw that was
used to hold
the rear bracket.
6. (Optional) If you are planning to connect multiple
bus-powered FireWire devices to the Belkin IEEE 1394
PCI card, it may be necessary to draw auxiliary power from
your computer’s power supply. This is accomplished by
connecting a spare disk drive power cable to the power
connector on the PCI card.
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Hardware Installation (continued)
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8. Reattach all peripherals to your computer, and turn the
power on.
7. Close the computer case.
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Software Installation
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FireWire Enabler Installation
If you are using Mac OS 8.6, you must download the Apple
FireWire software from the Apple support website. Apple
FireWire 2.4 is recommended. See instructions below to
download and install Apple FireWire software.
NOTE: Apple FireWire 2.5 will not install on Mac OS 8.6.
If you are using Mac OS 9.0 or Mac OS 9.0.4, it is not necessary to
download Apple FireWire to use the Belkin FireWire PCI upgrade
card. It is recommended however that the most recent release of
Apple FireWire software be used. See instructions below to
download and install the Apple FireWire software.
1. Visit the Apple website—www.apple.com. Choose the
"Support" option, then choose "Download".
2. Select "Search Release Name for" in Step 1, and enter
"FireWire" in the dialog box. Enter the desired language in
the Language Choice dialog box then click "Search".
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Software Installation (continued)
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3. Select FireWire version 2.4 if you are using Mac OS 8.6.
Select FireWire version 2.5 if you are using Mac OS version
9.0 or above.
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Software Installation (continued)
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4. Choose to download either the "Mac Binary", or "Binhex"
version of the file. If you are unsure about which version
to choose, scroll down to the bottom of the Software
Download page and click the link under the Installation
Instructions section.
5. When the downloading is complete, look for the
“FireWire 2.X.smi” icon on the desktop and double-click it.
6. The OS will decompress the disk image and the “FireWire”
icom will be placed on the desktop. Double-click this icon.
7. There are four files in the disk image. Read “About FireWire”
for more information, and then double-click the “Installer” icon
to start the installation.
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