Rosewill RX251-US User Manual

Dual INTERNAL (SATA)/EXTERNAL (USB)

2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure

RX251-US

User’s Manual

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RX251-US Product Specification

Model RX251-US

Chipset JM20336
Internal Interface 2.5” SATA hard drive
External Interface -Portable Mode : USB2.0

Hard Drive Capacity Supported Up to 160GB
Hard Drive size supported 9.5mm (height)
Power Supply -Portable Mode : USB bus power

Operating System Supported -Windows 2000/ME/XP/VISTA

Transfer rate -USB2.0 : Up to 480Mbps

Size(L x W x H) - External enclosure : 141x73x16mm

-Mobile Rack Mode : SATA I

- Mobile Rack Mode : 4 pin to board

-Linux kernel 2.4.1 after

-Mac OS 9.x/10.x and above

-SATA : Up to 1.5 Gps

- Insertion bay 3.5” : 144x100x24mm

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RX251-US Introduction

1. The RX251-US is divided into three parts:

A. 3.5” Insertion Bay B. 5.25 Bracket

C. 2.5” SATA 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” SATA 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-Y cable to connect 2.5” enclosure to the computer for providing extra power.

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RX251-US Hardware Installation

The RX251-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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