All Product Reviews

All Video/Written Reviews

Advertisements

 
 
Hottest_120x240
X3 Version A 120x240
HOME arrow All Video/Written Reviews arrow #874 - A.C. Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN
 
#874 - A.C. Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN Print E-mail
User Rating: / 5
PoorBest 
Written by Zach Jeffers   
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Article Index
#874 - A.C. Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN
Page 2: Features and Packaging
Page 3: Contents and Looks
Page 4: Installation
Page 5: Results and Conclusion
Page 4 of 5

Installation:

Installation of hard disks in the A.C. Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN is pretty straight forward. First you will need to remove the two screws located on the back I/O face. This allows the drive cage to easily slide out. You will notice a red, white and blue power lead connecting the drive cage and the housing. This is the power signal to the front power and activity LEDs. You can simply disconnect this from the PCB located below the drive cage.




Inside the enclosure you can see that it is pretty empty except for the LED strip. The hard disk cage is reminiscent of a mid-tower drive cage with steel construction. Within the drive cage is found the PCB that contains the controller hardware and the data and power cables. You can see that the PCB has a slightly modular design to which A.C. Ryan can simply swap out the PCB with an IDE version and offer a second version for all you old school folks.



After you have removed the drive cage from the AluBoxDuo housing, you will want to hook up the power and data cables to the bottom drive first then the top drive. Once these are in place, you can tip the cage to the side and secure the drives in place with the included mounting screws.



With everything secured, you can slide the cage back into the enclosure and re-attach the status LEDs’ power lead to the PCB. Lastly, slide the cage completely shut, reattaching the two screws. Once plugged into the power supply, the unit can be powered up.



The front status LED’s will show a Blue color when powered on and an additional Red LED (creating a magenta hue) when being accessed by a computer. At the back panel, you will see that your Ethernet jack has status LEDs as well.






 
[ Back ]

Site Design by ZeekTech.net | © 1998 - 2008 by Rodney Reynolds, Godem Online Inc. All rights reserved.