Installation

To use the Thermaltake BlacX HDD Docking station, simply plug in the two cables to their respective jacks on the rear of the unit. The other end of the USB cable should be connected to an available USB port on your PC, and the power adapter should be plugged in to a standard electrical outlet.


The drive being used with the BlacX should be a bare drive with no extra screws, brackets or adapters attached. In this case, a 60GB Seagate 2.5" Momentus 5400.2 laptop hard drive will be used. Turn the drive so that the connectors are on the bottom and the label is in the front, and then slide the drive down into the appropriate space in the top flap of the BlacX. For a 2.5" drive, as long as the drive is held against the back wall, the connections should line up. With a 3.5" drive, there will be far less play in the opening and less wiggle-room for the drive. Using only as much force as needed, press the drive down until the connections click into place. There should not be a lot of force used: if in doubt, pull the drive out and double-check the alignment.


Here the BlacX is connected to a PC and the drive is being formatted. The oval glows blue to show the unit is powered on, and the red light shows HDD activity.