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III. Connecting and Formatting Hard Drives
Introduction
Up to two internal Serial ATA hard drives may be plugged into the SeriTek/1VE2+2 host
adapter. In addition to two internal hard drives, the SeriTek/1VE2+2 supports up to two
external hard drives. This section describes how to connect hard drives using external
enclosures and a method of formatting your internal and/or external Serial ATA hard drive
using Apple’s Drive Setup utility (OS 9.XX) or Apple’s Disk Utility (OS X). If you decide to use
a third party drive setup utility, please refer to the documentation provided with the utility.
Connecting the SeriTek/1VE2+2 to an External Enclosure
Note: Macintosh computers require unique external shielded Serial ATA cables for maximum
reliability. FirmTek Serial ATA cables were specially designed to be compatible with both PC and
Macintosh computers. Please use only FirmTek external shielded Serial ATA cables with the
SeriTek/1VE2+2.
1. The SeriTek/1VE2+2 is compatible with a wide range of external enclosures. Enclosures
must meet basic requirements which include:
• Adequate power to support the hard drives (dedicated power supply),
• L-shaped 7-pin shielded receptacles compatible with FirmTek’s shielded Serial ATA
cable
• Support for Serial ATA Version 1.0
• Serial ATA hard drives or Parallel ATA hard drives with compatible Serial ATA to
Parallel ATA converter
2. Install hard drives into the external enclosure according to the instructions included with
the enclosure.
3. Attach one end of FirmTek’s shielded Serial ATA cable(s) to the Serial ATA receptacle(s)
on the SeriTek/1VE2+2, and connect the other end(s) to the external enclosure.
4. Power on the external enclosure.
Caution: The FirmTek shielded Serial ATA data cable has keyed L-shaped 7-pin
connectors at each end. Be sure to connect the cable using the proper orientation to the
SeriTek/1VE2+2 host adapter and the external enclosure. If you are having difficulty
connecting the cable, try reversing the orientation of the connector. It should easily snap into
place. Please do not force the cable connector onto the host adapter and hard drive or
peripheral interface.
