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Many questions.

1. There is one screw on the back by the fan. Then the case slide ft to back about 1/2" then lift. The 1/2 with the led should be down.

2. It all depends on the BIOS as for max size. But some have got it to work with the old v1.2.180 BIOS. I only had 80 gigs in mine. The biggest problem is HEAT. You will need to replace the fan to move more air if you install 7200rpm drives, org are 5400.

3. If you look a the cables, if they are 40 cond you only need a ATA 66 interface. I recommend Seagates or Hitachi drives. You want a IDE interface, these onld units do not play with EIDE (some Maxtors and WD).

4. This unit will aut format and setup the new drives. Master is end of Cable (ft) where the slave is closest to the power supply.

5. Since OS is stored in flash ram Stay with v3. Some (w/SN <28000) have had problems with v4.0.860

If you check the wiki section you will find the pdf manuals and Quick start guide. The reset instruction are there also. The only software you need is assist, if you clear the network settings.

You can connect to this unit with out any drives installed. the default name is SNAP(serial number). Web connect is "http://(Snapipaddress)" or do a search use the name.

This should get you started.