Rosewill RX81US-HT35B-BLK User manual

External Enclosure for
3.5" SATA to USB + eSATA
RX81US-HT35B-BLK
User Manual

External Enclosure For 3.5” SATA to USB + eSATA User Manual
Please read this installation carefully before you use the
products.
Precaution:
zIf it is a new HDD, needs to processing the disk partition
zWin98SE and WinME do not recognize NTFS formatted drives,
so if you want to use your drive on those platforms, we
recommend you to use FAT32 instead.
zMac OS does not recognize NTFS formatted drives, to use your
device on both platforms, we recommend you using FAT32.
zIf you use Win2000 / WinXP / Win Vista and FAT32, the biggest
single partition you can create will be 32GB. To create larger
partitions, you need to use the DOS command under Win98SE
or WinME or change to NTFS format.
zMake sure the jumper settings of your hard drive is “master”.
zGreen light (access light) only light on when HDD accessing.
System Requirement:
zMinimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM
zCompatible with IBM PC, USB interface included，Windows
98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista operate system.
zMinimum Apple G3 processor, 64MB RAM
zMAC computer system MAC OS V8.6 or higher.
zLinux OS : please download kernel USB stack.
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External Enclosure For 3.5” SATA to USB + eSATA User Manual
Available Interfaces
USB 2.0 + e-SERIAL ATA
Protection of DC adapter
a. Primary (Input) Protection
The input power line will be fused with a fuse 2.0A, 250 VAC.
b. Secondary (Output) protection
b.1. Over Current (OC) Protection
When an internal fault occurs, or an external fault is applied to the
power, such that an overload or short circuit is applied to the
output, the power will be shutdown. Power latch is not allowed.
b.2 Over Voltage (OV) Protection
If an over-voltage fault occurs on the adapter output, the power
will shutdown.
b.3 Short Circuit Protection
The power will protect itself, and shut down, if a short circuit is
placed between DC return and the output. This condition will
cause no damage to the power. Power latch is not allowed.
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Package Contents
z3.5 inch external enclosure
zDriver Disk
zInstallation Guide
zAC adapter
zUSB cable
zeSATA cable
zFootstand
zScrew Kit
FEATURE
zStandard USB 2.0 high speed transfer rate.
zSupport Serial ATA. (USB + e-SATA)
zAluminum HDD frame for easy installation.
zCrystal acrylic casing with blue & green LED illumination.
zSuitable for all 3.5" SATA HDD.
zAll aluminum, to enhance heat dissipation.
zCrystal footstand for vertical style.
zPlug and play / hot swappable.
zOS support Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Mac OS 8.6
above.
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Technical Specifications
Bus
Interfaces: USB v 2.0 / eSATA
Data Speeds USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps
eSATA = 3.0 Gbps (NCQ Support)
Connectors USB B receptacle / eSATA connectors
SATA
Standard
Compliant with SATA I / II with NCQ
support
LED Power On / Access
Power Supply AC Adapter 12V 2A
AC Input 100V ~240V full range
Dimensions 208 (D)*128 (W)*36(H) mm
Weight: 0.84Kg
Certification CE
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Installation Guide
1. Pull the bottom (as fig.1) to release the HDD tray.
2. Fix the HDD by screws after HDD located with the connecter.
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3. Aims at trail and pull in the tray into external box.
4. After connect USB / SATA and Power cable, HDD will appear
the relativity.
Attention:
zMake sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly
zIf required, update your OS (win 2000 to SP4, Win xp to SP1a)
zOnly one interface at the time can be used (combo model)
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Driver Installation:
Windows 98SE
zAfter plug the external box into, the system will remind you
there is a new hardware of USB Storage Adapter add into.
zDesign the driver of the safe path (in the driver), the system will
active the installation automatically.
zAfter for a while, click "My Computer", USB HDD will appear the
relativity on the PC.
Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista
The system already provided support for the software.
MAC OS 8.6/9.x/above
OS 8.6 edition:
zThe Driver is the “GeneUSBIDE_05E3_0702.sit” under the
catalogue of the MAC, copy the document to the tope a table
and clicks the document out, and then it will occur
the document of the driver automatically.
zPlease copy the driver document to the system folder of the PC.
-- (System Folder) -(extensions).
zConnect with the USB HDD
OS 9.X edition:
The system already provides support for the software.
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The divided partition of the external HDD
Win 98SE/ME SYSTEM
FDISK is command that doing the divided partition to HDD, The
step of how to divided partition from the HDD by using FDISK as
follows:
zPlug the cable of USB into PC, and be sure that the PC has
identified HDD.
zExecute "FDISK" under the model of COMMAND.
zAfter enter the FDISK program [If the FDISK program does not
work, please restart your PC again (don't plug out the USB
HDD) then it will be work]. Firstly select "The fifth item" -- select
the USB HDD you want to divided partition for, then just see
the illustration as follows: Then just follow the instruction to
divided partition for the HDD of USB.
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Plug the HDD into your system, it will appear the hot plug a play.
Just click “Control Panel”/ “manage tool” / “computer
management” / “Disk management”. All the disk connects to the
PC will appear on the chart, as well as the state of the HDD. Find
out the HDD and click the right bottom of the mouse under the
state of chart, just follow the step. Take a look of the icon on the
bottom.
Mac OS
Mac OS9.2 and earlier version does not support creating partition
on an external HDD. For your new HDD, you need to purchase
additional 3rd party software to creating your HDD partition.
For Mac OS X, use the Disk Utility to format and divided partitions
on your external disk.
• Select “Disk Utilities” in the utilities folder.
• Choose your external drive and format it.
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Notice: If you want your ENCLOSURE on a Windows as well as on
your Mac OS, we recommend you to use a PC to format the drive.
Choose FAT32 format and do not change anything on the partition
or format on your Mac, otherwise the Windows OS can not be able
to recognize the enclosure.
To remove the device:
For Windows 98SE Users
Before you remove your device please wait for “Access LED” on
reader stops blinking to prevent data loss.
For Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista Users
Please double-click the icon on the system tray. A dialog
box will appear.
Double-click the Generic USB Storage Device to remove the
device for preventing from data loss.
Mac OS
You can remove the cable of USB after putting the icon of USB
HDD on the desktop into the trash can.
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FAQ
How to solve it if you can’t use the Mobile Disk under some
OS:
It doesn’t support any USB device under the WIN95 and NT4 OS,
so that can’t use the Mobile Disk.
After formatting can PC use in the MAC?
If use the Mobile Disk in the PC, can just format directly. If the PC
& MAC cannot be in common use, you can use the MACOPEN
software (download from the Internet) in the PC, format to the
MAC model. If you used the MO storage before, you must familiar
and have more experience about it because MO storage has the
same problem when doing the format.
Why I can not see the drive?
If you can not see the drive, make sure the jumper settings of your
hard drive is “master”.
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