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Serial A T A Hard Drive Docking St ation USB to SA T A, IDE External Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5” or 3.5” Hard Drives UNIDOCK2U Instruction Manual.
FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device , pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interf erence in a residential installation.
i T able of Contents Introduction ..................................................................... 1 P ackaging Contents..................................................................... 1 System Requirements ..................................
1 Introduction This external SA T A and IDE hard dr iv e docking station provides full and instant access to any 2.5in or 3.5in IDE and SA T A (SA T A 1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) hard drive up to 2 TB without having to mount the hard drive inside a computer or enclosure.
2 USB connector P ower Connector SA T A dr ive slot P ower button Drive Eject button 40-pin IDE connector LP4 Molex power connector Front View Rear View.
3 Hardware Installation Plug the power and USB cab le from the rear side of the hard 1. drive dock to a po wer outlet and the USB por t on the computer respectively . If connecting a SA T A hard dr ive, simply insert the drive, into the top 2. loading slot on the hard drive dock.
4 Using the Hard Drive Dock Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 If you are using a brand ne w hard drive that does not contain any data, then you will first need to prepare the hard drive f or use. F rom the main desktop , r ight-click on “My Computer” (“Computer” in Vista), then select Manage.
5 If you are installing a hard drive that already has data on it, then after plugging it in, the drive should automatically show up with a driv e letter assigned within “My Computer”. Y ou can verify or change the drive letter through Disk Management, as outlined abov e.
6 Specications Bus Interface USB 2.0 Connectors Front 1 x 40-pin IDE male 1 x 4-pin LP4 molex T op 1 x 7+15 SA T A Rear 1 x USB type B 1 x P ower Adapter Chipset JMicron JM20337 Hard Drive Compatibility 2.5” or 3.5” SA T A 1.5 or 3.0 Gb/s with max capacity of 1.
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