LaCie 301200u Manuel D’Utilisation

Triple Interface

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The drive turns on  

and off when you 

turn your computer 

on and off (USB and 

FireWire connections 

only).

This is normal. Your drive has an autoswitching power feature, which means that if your drive is connected 

to your computer, turning the computer on will automatically turn the drive on. Likewise, turning the 

computer off will automatically turn the drive off.  If you wish to power off the drive while it is connected 

to your computer, first make sure that your computer is not accessing the drive and then follow the steps in 

page 19, 

Disconnecting Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+

.  After you have disconnected the drive, fkip the 

On/Off/Auto button on the back of the drive to turn the drive off.

The drive is not recog-

nized by the computer.

Have the USB or FireWire driv-

ers been installed correctly and 

enabled?

Open Apple System Profiler and click on the Devices and Vol-

umes tab. If your device is not listed, recheck the cables and try the 

other troubleshooting tips listed here.

Is there a conflict with other device 

drivers or extensions?

Contact LaCie Technical Support for help.

Has the drive been formatted?

Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly. Please see 

pages 29, 

Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Ex-

treme+

 and 28, 

Helpful Information

 for more details.

Does your computer’s operating 

system support the file system?

Check your computer’s documentation and see pages 29, 

Format-

ting And Partitioning Your LaCie Big Disk Extreme+

 and 28, 

Helpful Information

 for more information.

Error messages under 

Mac OS 10.x.

Did you get an “Error –50” message 

while copying to a FAT 32 volume?

When copying files or folders from Mac OS 10.x to a FAT 32 vol-

ume, certain characters cannot be copied. These characters include, 

but are not limited to: 

? < > / \ : 

Check your files and folders to ensure that these types of characters 

are not being used.

Did you get an error message telling 

you that the drive has been discon-

nected  when coming out of sleep 

mode?

Simply ignore this message. The drive will remount to the desktop. 

LaCie drives conserve power by spinning down when you set your 

computer to sleep mode, and when the computer is “woken” from 

sleep, it does not give the drive enough time to spin-up from its 

sleep mode.

Are you having problems getting 

your FireWire device to be recog-

nized?

If you are having problems with your FireWire connection under 

Mac OS 10.2.x, upgrade to the latest Mac OS version.

The drive is working 

slowly.

Are there other USB or FireWire 

devices connected to the same port 

or hub?

Disconnect any other USB or FireWire devices and see if the 

drive’s performance increases.

The drive is not run-

ning noticeably faster 

when connected via 

Hi-Speed USB 2.0.

Are you operating in Mac OS 9.x?

Apple does not support the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 standard under 

Mac OS 9.x. You will be limited to the slower transfer rates of the 

original USB standard.

Are you operating in Mac OS 10.x?

Apple has only recently begun incorporating native Hi-Speed USB 

2.0 ports in their computers. To achieve Hi-Speed USB 2.0 transfer 

rates, you will need to add a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI or PC card to 

your computer.