OWC MERCURY ELITE PRO MINI Quick Start Guide

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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
Introduction
1.5 Usage Notes
- Use only one interface (USB 3.1 Gen 1 or eSATA at a time.
- The Mercury Elite Pro mini is designed to receive all needed power through the USB or FireWire cable,
therefore a separate power adapter is not necessary and not included. When using eSATA or other
scenarios that require external power, an optional 5V power adapter is available. See Section 3.4 to
contact technical support for more information.
- If the Mercury Elite Pro mini is daisy-chained to another FireWire device instead of being connected
directly to a computer, you must use the optional 5V power adapter. Attempting to bus-power the
Mercury Elite Pro mini using the FireWire port of another device is not recommended; this could cause
damage to one or both devices.
- Even if the optional 5V power adapter is not connected, the ON | OFF switch must be in the ‘ON’
position to use the Mercury Elite Pro mini.
- If you are connected via FireWire and running OS X version 10.9 or later, you may run into issues when
attempting to sleep this drive or wake from sleep. The easiest way to avoid this issue is to use the USB
or eSATA connection instead.
- For the safe removal of your drive and to ensure that no data is lost, always eject or unmount the
corresponding disk(s) from your operating system before powering o. You can use the methods
described below to safely unmount your disk(s).
OS X
- Drag the icon for the disk you wish to unmount to the trash can; OR
- Right-click the disk icon on the desktop, then click “Eject”; OR
- Highlight the disk on your Desktop and press Command-E.
Windows
- Go to the System Tray (located in the lower right corner of your screen). Click on the ‘Eject’ icon
(a small green arrow over a hardware image).
- A message will appear, detailing the devices that the ‘Eject’ icon controls, i.e., ‘Safely remove...’
Click on this prompt.
- You will then see a message that says, ‘Safe to Remove Hardware.’ It is now safe to disconnect
the Mercury Elite Pro Mini from the computer.

OWC MERCURY ELITE PRO MINI Specifications

General

Compatible operating systems	Windows MacOS Linux
Supported storage drive interfaces	Serial ATA
FireWire 400	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Cables included	eSATA, FireWire, USB
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 85 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 70 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90 %
Material	Aluminum
Product color	Silver
Data transfer rate	3 Gbit/s

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	139.7 mm
Width	96.52 mm
Height	27.94 mm
Weight	330 g