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Rosewill RX30
External Storage Enclosure for
3.5” Hard Drive
User Manual
& Installation Guide
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - 1 - CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP - 6 - ICON KEY - 1 - CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER - 6 - THE RX30 - 1 - INSTALLATION ON A PC AVAILABLE INTERFACES - 1 - (MICROSOFT WINDOWS) - 7 - WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A FEATURES - 2 - OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION (OVP) - 2 - USB OR FIREWIRE CONNECTION - 7 - LOW VOLTAGE DETECTION (LVD) - 2 - WIN2000 OR WINXP WITH A INVERSE-POLARITY PROTECTION - 2 - SERIAL ATA CONNECTION - 7 - AUTOMATIC DETECTIO
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Chapter 1 Introduction Icon Key Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin that denote either Notes or Special Remarks as outlined below: General Notes and Tips Remarks for PC users and Microsoft Windows OS Remarks for Mac users and Apple Macintosh OS The RX30 The External Storage Enclosure “RX30” series are made of high quality aluminum, excellent for heat-dissipation. Available with various types of interfaces, this is the perfect solution for ad
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Features Over Voltage Protection (OVP) with a limit of 10% before shut down (max 30V). Protection for device or Hard Drive damage, If the red LED is caused by sudden voltage spikes in the power supply and blinking and not ON wrong or faulty power adapter. permanently, there Indication: Blue LED off, Red LED on is no problem with your unit. This only Low Voltage Detection (LVD) indicating insufficient power indicates the spin supply. Possibly caused by a sudden voltage slump in the
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System Requirements PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Processor II 350MHz, 64MB RAM • USB 1.1 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP USB driver for • USB 2.0 equipped PC; WinME, Win2000, WinXP Win98/SE only • 1394a equipped PC; Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP available for the • 1394b equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP RX30 USB 2.0 • Serial ATA equipped PC; Win2000, WinXP and 1394a/USB2.0 version. Mac Requirements • Minimum Apple G3 processor (G4 for 1394b), 64MB RAM • USB 1.1 equipped Ma
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Chapter 2 Installing the Hard Drive Preparing the Enclosure Remove the 4 screws on the bottom, slide the case off the body, Your unit might remove the screws for the top cover and open up the case. come with an installed hard drive. Before opening such an enclosure, please read the warranty and any other notes from your vendor carefully before doing so, as this might void your warranty. Copyright © 2004 by Rosewill Inc. - www.rosewill.com
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Hard Drive Assembly Connect the ATA cable and the power line to your hard drive. Install the hard drive and fasten the screws. Align the top cover with the body and fasten the screws, before you slide it back The hard drive into the casing. Fasten the 4 screws on the bottom and connect jumper settings your power adapter and interface cable. should be master or factory default. Be careful not to damage any cables or components and double check the connection between th
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Chapter 3 System Set Up Connection to your Computer Most problems A few tips on how to connect your external storage enclosure: occur due to driver • Make sure your PCI Host Card is installed correctly problems on the • Double check that the Host Card driver is up to date Host Card side! • If required, update your Operating System or BIOS • Only one interface at the time can be used • Only one computer at the time can access the drive • To use one drive on several computer
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Installation on a PC (Microsoft Windows) Win2000 or WinXP with a USB or Firewire connection: If the system • Turn on your Computer and start Windows doesn’t recognize • Connect the RX30 and turn it on the drive, turn on • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically the power first, • Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive ** before connecting the USB/Firewire Win2000 or WinXP with a Serial ATA connection: cable. • Turn on your Computer and start Windows • C
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Installation on a Macintosh (Apple Mac OS) Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x with a Firewire or USB If the system connection: doesn’t recognize • Turn on your computer and start Mac OS the drive, turn on • Connect the RX30 and turn it on the power first, • No driver installation required before connecting • The external drive will mount and show up on your the USB/Firewire desktop** cable. Mac OS 10.2 or 10.3 with a Firewire 800 or USB 2.0 connection: • Turn on your computer and start
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Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, You can choose to so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually only create several required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you partitions but be change the format or want to erase all data on your drive. aware that if you want to change this PC running Win98/SE or WinME: at a later point, it’s MS-DOS command “fdisk” (press Enter to confirm) required to for
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PC running Win2000 or WinXP: Disk Management Program Mac OS does not • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” recognize NTFS • Select “Disk Management” formatted drives, to • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for use your device on further commands (Choose New Partition) both platforms, we • Follow the Partition Wizard recommend you using FAT32. If you use Win2000 or WinXP and FAT32, the biggest single partition you can create will be 32
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Mac OS: Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that, you would need to purchase rd If you want to use additional 3 party software, connect the drive to the internal your drive on a PC IDE bus or upgrade to OS X. Initializing the drive can be done running Microsoft on all Operating Systems. Windows as well as on your Mac, we For Mac OS X, use the Disk Utility to format and create recommend you to partitions on your external disk.
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Technical Questions For RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or Please read your check out their online support area! warranty carefully, as this may vary between different About this Manual vendors! This manual covers all interfaces and combinations for the RX30 Enclosure. Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have. © Copyright 2004 by Rosewill Inc. all Right
