Sabrent EC-DFFN
USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD
and SSD.
With a Sabrent DS-UBLK SATA Docking Station you can Hot-Swap 2.5"/3.5" SATA
Hard Drives when connected to your Desktop or Notebook. Tool free Plug and Play
installation makes for an easy setup.
Review/LED Indicator
1) Power Button
2) Power/Data LED
3) Hard Drive Bay
4) USB 3.0 Port
5) DC-IN Jack
6) Fan
SATA Docking Station
1. Connect the power adapter to the back of the dock.
2. Connect the power adapter to a power outlet.
3. Connect the USB cable to the back of the dock.
4. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your computer USB port
5. Insert your hard drive into the Hard Drive Bay
6. Press the Power Button.
NOTE: You should get a BLUE LED and the Fan should spin up.
7. The Power/DATA LED will come on solid Blue and Flash when Data is being transfer
Note:
Please do not remove your hard drive while hard drive is in use
8. When not in use, press the Power Button.
Windows PC hard drive with DATA/Files
1. Click on the Start Icon located on the bottom left of the screen and then click on Computer.
Note: You can also click on the File Explorer Icon and then click on This PC or Computer.
2. You should get a new drive letter every time you insert a hard drive with data/files.
Windows PC new hard drive setup. (Hard drive with no
DATA/Files)
1. Click on the Start Icon located on the bottom left of the screen and then RIGHT click on
Computer.
Note: You can also click on the File Explorer Icon and then RIGHT click on This PC or
Computer.
2. Click on Manage
3. Click on Disk Management.
Note: Disk 0 should be your internal hard drive.
Disk 1 should be your external hard drive but SETUPS MAY DIFFER.
4. RIGHT click on Unallocated and click on New Simple Volume.
5. Go through the setup Wizard to assign a drive letter.
Mac OS hard drive with DATA/Files
1. A new Icon should pop up on your main screen each time you insert a hard drive with
DATA/Files.
2. Click on the Icon to view your hard drive.
Note: You can also click on the Finder icon and select your hard drive under Devices.
Mac OS new hard drive setup. (Hard drive with no
DATA/Files)
1. Click on the Search icon on your toolbar.
2. Type in Disk Utility and click on it.
3. Click the icon for your external hard drive located in the sidebar on the left.
4. Click on the Erase tab at the top of the window.
5. Select the volume format you want and give it a name.
6. Click on erase.
Notes
1. Plug and play, no driver installation required.
2. This is backwards compatible on USB 2.0 and 1.1 with their transfer speeds.
3.
Please do not remove your hard drive while hard drive is being accessed
4. For hard drives 4TB and up, a FW update is required.
Please run this FW update ON JUST THE DOCK.
Note: Take you hard drive OUT of the dock before updating.
https://www.sabrent.com/download/ds-ublk-firmware-update/
Troubleshooting/Support
1. Power LED does not come on?
• Make sure that you have a tight connection between the power adapter and dock.
• Try it on a different power outlet.
2. POWER/DATA LED does not come on?
• Re-seat the hard drive into the bay.
• Try it on the second HDD bay
• Swap the hard drive out with a spare.
3. Computer does not recognize the hard drive?
• Make sure that you have a tight connection between the dock and 3.0 cable.
• Try the USB cable on a different USB port on your computer.
• New hard drives must be setup, please review new hard drive setup for your OS.
• Swap the hard drive out with a spare.
Please contact our Technical Support team if issues continue
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