OWC Mercury On-The-Go™ Pro USB 3.0 Portable Enclosure Kit Review

Storage/Other by stefan @ 2013-03-20

The Mercury On-The-Go Pro USB 3.0 is a stylish enclosure from OWC which can include storage or can be ordered empty. The product comes with a transparent acrylic housing and a small heatsink in order to eliminate the excess heat and also features an On/Off button near the USB port.

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A Closer Look Part III

The enclosure also ships with a transparent cover, which will be used after the drive has been installed into the unit:

 

 

 

After removing the two screws, we can detach the heatsink from the enclosure; the heatsink also comes with two pre-attached rubber strips for vibration dampening purposes:

 

 

 

 

 

The drive can be installed right away on the PCB, by sliding it into the SATA connector:

 

 

 

After turning the PCB on the other side, we must make sure that the 2.5’’ drive holes are aligned, in order to use the provided fixing screws:

 

 

 

Afterwards we will slide the PCB onto the heatsink and use the rest of the fixing screws, on the laterals:

 

 

 

Then, we will move the assembly into the acrylic case:

 

 

 

By turning the unit with the bottom facing upwards, we will fix the heatsink onto the plastic enclosure; make sure not to overtighten the screws:

 

 

 

 

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