Rosewill RX251-US User manual

2.5” Removable & Portable Enclosure
RX-251-US
User’s Manual

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RX-251-US Product Specification
Model RX251-US
Chipset JM20336
Internal Interface 2.5” IDE hard drive
External Interface -Portable Mode: USB2.0
-Mobile Rack Mode: SATA I
Hard Drive Capacity Supported Up to 160GB
Hard Drive size supported 9.5mm (height)
Power Supply -Portable Mode: USB bus power
- Mobile Rack Mode: 4 pin to board
Operating System Supported -Windows 2000/ME/XP
-Linux kernel 2.4.1 after
-Mac OS 9.x/10.x and above
Transfer rate -USB2.0: Up to 480Mbps
-SATA: Up to 1.5 Gps
Size(L xWxH) - External enclosure: 141x73x16mm
- Insertion bay 3.5”: 144x100x24mm

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RX-251-US Introduction
1. The RX-251-US is divided into three parts:
A. 3.5”insertionbay B. 5.25bracket
C. 2.5” HDD Enclosure.

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2. Accessories
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No. Description
1 Screws for fixing the 5.25” bracket to the PC case.
2 Screws for fixing the 3.5” insertion bay to 5.25” bracket or to a 3.5” drive bay.
3 Screws for fixing a 2.5” IDE hard drive in the 2.5” enclosure.
4 4-Pin power cable to connect to the power supply.
5 SATA cable to connect the 3.5”bay and motherboard.
6 USB 2.0 cable to connect 2.5” enclosure to the computer.
7 USB-DC cable to connect 2.5” enclosure to the computer for providing extra power.

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RX-251-US Hardware Installation
The RX-251-US can be used as mobile rack function in desktop PC and an external storage.
The detailed installation steps are as below:
a. Install the hard drive in the enclosure
Unscrew the external enclosure by screw driver.
Open the panel of the enclosure and slide the
board out.

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Connect the 2.5” IDE hard drive to the connector
on the board. Please check the HDD & board’s pin
is match when installation.
Turn over the board and fix the board and hard
drive by screws.
Slide the board with the hard drive back into the
enclosure.

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Close the panel and fix it by screws.
b. In Desktop PC
There are two ways to use the RX-251-US in the desktop PC.
Method 1: Install the RX-251-US in the 5.25” drive bay
Slide the 3.5” insertion bay into the
5.25” bracket.

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Fasten the 3.5” insertion bay on the
5.25” bracket by screws.
Slide the 3.5” insertion bay and 5.25”
bracket into the available 5.25” drive
bay in the PC case.
Fasten the 5.25” bracket in the PC case
by screws n.
n

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Connect the one side of the SATA cable
rto the back of the 3.5” insertion bay.
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Connect the other side of the SATA
cable to SATA port on the motherboard.
If your motherboard doesn’t have
on-board SATA port, you may install the
SATA add-on cards and connect the
SATA cable to it.
Connect the 4-pin power cable qto the
back of the 3.5” insertion bay.
q
r

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Connect the 4-pin power cable qto the
power supply. Please refer to the
manual of the power supply.
From power supply
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Slide the 2.5” enclosure to the 3.5”
insertion bay to the end till the ejection
button is up. Now you can freely access
the hard drive.
When you want to take the enclosure
out, please press the ejection button,
the enclosure will be out.

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Method 2: Install the RX-251-US in the 3.5” drive bay
Slide the 3.5” insertion bay
into the available 3.5” drive
bay.
Fasten the 3.5” insertion bay
in the PC case by screws o.
o
Connect the one side of the
SATA cable rto the back of
the 3.5” insertion bay
r

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Connect the 4-pin power
cable qto the back of the
3.5” insertion bay.
q
r
Connect the 4-pin power
cable qto the power supply.
Please refer to the manual of
the power supply.
From power supply
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r
Slide the 2.5” enclosure to
the 3.5” insertion bay to the
end till the ejection button is
up. Now you can freely
access the hard drive.

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When you want to take the
enclosure out, please press
the ejection button, the
enclosure will be out.
c. Portable external storage
Take out the enclosure from
the PC.

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Plug the USB cable to the
enclosure.
Connect the USB cable sto
the available port on the
computer.
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If the hard drive needs more
power, please connect the
USB-DC cable tto increase
the power efficiency.
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Connect the USB-DC t
cable to the available USB
port on the computer.
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t
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