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Hardware Installation
The SATA RAID 5/0 Bay Enclosure fits into two half height
5 1/4" drive bays. General instructions for installing the
box are provided below. Since the design of computer
cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s
reference manual for further information, if needed.
Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage
your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in
your body by touching your computer’s case for a few
seconds.
1. Turn OFF the power to your computer and any
other connected peripheral devices.
2. Unplug the power cord from the back of the
computer.
3. Open your computer case.
4. Remove the front cover from your system case.
5. Feed two power cables, the SATA data cable and the
RS232 cable through the opening.
6. Connect a power cable to both power connectors.
Use the "Y" split power cable to provide an extra
power connector, if needed.
7. Connect theserial cabletothe3-pinRS232 connector.
Make sure the triangle on the connector is pointing
to Pin 1 of the connector, shown on Figure 8.
Figure 8: Connecting 3-pin RS232 cable
