1. Remove the case cover.

2. Touch the power supply metal case to discharge any static charge you have.

3. Locate a free PCI slot, and remove the PCI slot external cover.

4. If you want to connect your existing Mac drives to the 2940UW card:
   
   • Remove the SCSI cable at the motherboard SCSI connector and then attach it to the the 2940UW card. It is usually easier to remove the SCSI cable at the motherboard connector and then attach it to the the 2940UW card. On Apple towers, the routing of the SCSI cable goes up to the top rear of the motherboard/case - under the speaker housing. You'll need to press the release tab and lift the speaker housing up to remove the cable for attaching that end to the 2940UW.

5. If adding a new drive:
   (I'll cover this in detail in the next installment)
   
   • Configure the SCSI ID on the drive (it must not be the same ID as any other SCSI disk on the same cable) and set the termination jumper (terminated if it's the last drive on the cable).

   • The Drive will need partitioning and formatting in most cases (as the drive vendor, ProDirect and Other World Computing drives often come preformatted).

6. Attach the supplied ribbon cable to the 2940UW connector.

7. Carefully insert the 2940UW PCI SCSI card into that PCI slot.

8. Route the SCSI ribbon cable back to the 2940UW card and attach it.

9. Boot the Mac and install the 2940UW Control software.
10. After verifying all is well, replace the case cover.

For a very detailed and complete list of steps involved, click here.

• Anti-Static Wrist Strap (avail. at Radio Shack, etc.).
• Screwdrivers (philips head for PTP use, straight blade for Apple case screws).

The "Plus" kit is pictured, which also contains a copy of REMUS Lite RAID software, to allow striping and redundant disk arrays to be used. Striping is the highest performance as it treats two or more drives as a single volume, but is the riskiest. Mirroring writes duplicate data to another disk automatically, called redundancy.) RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (original definition). For a complete description of all RAID configurations, see Adaptec's RAID page

Even in cases were static discharge does not destroy a component, it can shorten the life of the device.

Once you attach the wrist strap to yourself, attach the other end to the metal power supply housing (in the case of the typical disposable straps, there is a adhesive coated copper strip for this purpose) or in the case of the permanent wrist straps, to a metal portion of the Mac's case or power supply housing. This connection ensures that your Mac and you are at the same potential (identical voltage levels). I always leave the Mac power cord attached, but in reality it does not matter as long as you and the Mac are at the same potential.

I also use a large anti-static plastic floor mat at the workstation. These mats are a good protective measure during daily use and cost as little as $15 at Sam's clubs and similar outlets.

Now you know all the steps involved and what's containted in the kit. Once you've ensured that you are properly grounded with a wrist strap,
we can proceed to the next step.