Manual OWC Mercury Helios+E2

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  • OWC Mercury Helios+E2 - page 1

    Assembly a nd Users Manu al OW C Mercur y Helios PCI e T hunderbolt Expansion Chassis ...

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    T able of C ontents INTRODUCTION 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 P A CKAGE CONTENTS 2 PORT VIEW 2 ANTI-ST A TIC HANDLING 3 ASSEMBL Y 3 QUICK SET -UP 10 GENERAL USAGE GUIDELINES AND F A Q 15 C ONT ACTING TECHNIC AL SUPPORT 18 W ARRANTY INFORMA TION 18 Introduction Sy stem Requirements • IntelMacintoshwith Thunderboltpor t  • Thef ...

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    P ackage Conten ts 1. Helios 2. P owerbrickandcable P or t V iew ① ② DC P ower Thunderbolt Ports PCIe Expansion Slot 2 ...

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    Anti-Sta tic handling HeliosandPCIecardsaresta tic- sensitivedevices . Theyare susceptibletoin visibledamageif notprotectedduringtheassembly process . W erecommendpr opergrounding byusingagr oundingstrap .Make suretow orkinacleanandstat ...

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    3.RemovethetwoPhillipsPH2scr ewsfromthebott omofHelios. 4. T urnHeliosbackoverandplaceitonit’ sfeet.Usingy ourngers,push theinnerchassisoutoftheouterenclosure .Donotsqueezethesidesof theenclosurewhiledoingthis . 4 ...

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    5.FlipHelioso verandorientitasshowninthepicture. RemovethePhillipsPH2scr ewfromthePCIeexpansionslot. Y ouare readytoinstally ourPCIecard. 6. Note: Only handle the PCIe card b y its edges. Never touch the gold c ontacts or any components on the circuit boar d.  ...

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    7.MakesurethePCIecardisfullyseat ed. 8.ReplacethePCIebracketscrew .Donotfullytightenthescrew . 6 ...

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    Carefullyliftuptheedgeofthecarduntilthebr acketisstoppedbythe PCIebracketscrew ,thenfullytightenthePCIebracketscr ew . 9.Slidetheoutercasingbackon. Alignthescrewholesandr eplacethebottomscr ews. 7 ...

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    10.Replacethetworearscr ews. 11.FlipHelioso verandplugintheDCpow ercableand Thunderbolt cable. Note: Helios will only power on when it has DC pow er and is receiving an ac- tive Thunderbolt signal . 8 ...

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    Note: Y our Mac can be on or o when connecting the Thunderbolt c able. If the PCIe car d you are connecting needs to poll external devices before being powered on, mak e sure to c onnect those devices to the PCIe card befor e con- necting the Thunderbolt cable .  13. ThepowerLEDonthefr ontofHelioswillemitas ...

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    Quick Set-Up  1.Heliosdoesnotrequir edrivers.  2. T overifythatyourPCIecardisbeingr ecognizedb yyourMac  andisworkingcorrectly ,youcanlookin “SystemP roler:(Mac OSX1 ...

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    •Awindowwillappearonthescr een.Clickon “MoreInfo … ”  •Ifyourcomput erisrunningMacOSX10.7.xorMacOSX10.8.x,  an “ About ThisMac ” windowwillappear .Clickon “System  Report… ” .Ifyourc ...

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    3.Clickon “ Thunderbolt” toseeHelios. 12 ...

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    4.Clickon “PCICar ds” toseethePCIeexpansioncardinstalledinHelios. Note: If the status of “ T unnel Compatible” (as seen to the right pane above) is “ Y es” , your PCIe car d will function correctly over Th underbolt. If your card has a “ T unnel Compatible” status of “No ” , check with the ...

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    Note: Other information ab out the PCIe c ard installed in Helios may be seen in another section. F or example, the PCIe c ard we used in this set-up is the OWC Mercury Accelsior PCI Express SSD . The status of the SSD can be seen under the Serial-A T A section. 14 ...

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    General U sage Guidelines and F AQ TheOWCMercuryHeliosPCIe ThunderboltExpansionChassis:  • Willonlypow eronwhenDCpowerandanactive Thunderbolt  signalar epresent.  •Hasintelligen tpowermanagement,allo wingittopowerupand  down? ...

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    Q.  My PCIe car d has lower performance than expected when installed in Helios.  • Thunderboltoersupto10Gb/sbandwidthf orPCIe. Thisis  morethanenoughbandwidthf ormostcards .Somecards,  howev er ,mayrequir emorethan10Gb/sofbandwidthandmay ...

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    AMiniDisplayP or tpor thasasymbolwithtwov er ticalbarssurroundinga square . A Thunderboltpor tismarkedwithalightningboltsymbol. 3. Checkthe Thunderboltcableendstoseeiftheplugsaredirt y ,  corr oded,ordamaged. T r yadie ...

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    C ontacting T echnical Suppor t Shouldyouneedsupport,therearethreew aystocon tactour T echnical Suppor tteam: • Email  o Y oucansubmityouremailrequestat:  o http://eshop .macsales.com/Service/ts_email.cfm • Phone  o 815-338-8685Option3  o 8AM–8P ...

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    Copyrigh ts : Copyright©2002-2012Other WorldC omputing,Inc.OWCisatrademarkofNewConceptsDevelopment Corporation,reg isteredinU.S.P atentandT rademarkOceandCanada. MercuryAccelsior ,M ercuryHelios,Other WorldComputingandtheOther W orldCo ...

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