OWC ThunderBay® 4 ASSEMBLY MANUAL & USER GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................1 1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Apple® Mac® Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported Drives 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 FRONT VIEW 1.4.1 Front Features 1.5 REAR VIEW 1.5.1 Rear Features 2. SYSTEM SETUP..............................................................................................3 2.1 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION 2.2 QUICK START 2.
INTRODUCTION 1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Apple® Mac® Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements • Thunderbolt™ port: OS X® 10.6 or later • Thunderbolt port: Windows® 7 or later NOTE: Boot Camp not supported. 1.1.3 Supported Drives • Up to four 3.5” SATA drives (1.5Gb/s, 3.0Gb/s, or 6.0Gb/s). 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ThunderBay 4 Keys Power cable Thunderbolt cable NOTE: Hard drive screws included, but not pictured. 1.
1.5 REAR VIEW 1 3 2 4 1.5.1 Rear Features 1. Kensington® Security Slot — Connect a security tether here. 2. Thunderbolt 2 ports — Attach the included Thunderbolt cable to one of these ports and to your computer, or to another Thunderbolt device. Use the other Thunderbolt 2 port to add more Thunderbolt devices to the chain. 3. On/off switch — Turn on and off power to the ThunderBay 4 here. 4. Power input — Connect the included power cable here.
SYSTEM SETUP If your ThunderBay 4 was purchased with drives included, the four drives have been installed into their drive trays and have been packed separately from the ThunderBay 4 enclosure. If you purchased the ThunderBay 4 enclosure by itself without drives, follow the instructions in Section 2.1 to install your own drives into the ThunderBay 4. The drive trays are labeled A, B, C, and D, but the arrangement of the drive trays when they are installed in the ThunderBay 4 does not matter. 2.
2.2 QUICK START 1. Install hard drives into the ThunderBay 4 according to the instructions in Section 2.1. 2. Connect the power cable between the ThunderBay 4 and a power outlet, then make sure the on/off switch is set to the ‘on’ position. 3. Connect a Thunderbolt cable between the ThunderBay 4 and a computer. When you do this, the ThunderBay 4 will turn on and the drives will be available for use on the computer. 4.
APPENDIX 3.1 TROUBLESHOOTING Begin your troubleshooting by verifying that the power cable is connected to the ThunderBay 4 and to a power source. If the power cable is connected to a power strip, make sure that the power switch on the strip is turned on. Then, simply verify that both ends of your cables are properly plugged into the computer and the ThunderBay 4. If the ThunderBay 4 is still not working properly, try connecting to another computer or using another Thunderbolt cable.
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