Asus PCIe SSD User Manual

User Guide

E7881

Revised Edition V2

May 2013

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you may obtain it for a period of three years after our last shipment of the product, either

(1) for free by downloading it from http://support.asus.com/download
or

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where you want to have it shipped to, by sending a request to:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Legal Compliance Dept.
15 Li Te Rd.,

Beitou, Taipei 112

Taiwan

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Table of Contents

Package contents ........................................................................................................ 5

RAIDR Express card specications summary .........................................................6

Product Overview ........................................................................................................ 8

Hardware installation ................................................................................................ 11

ROG Exclusive Features .......................................................................................... 12

Republic of Gamers ........................................................................................................ 12

RAMDisk .................................................................................................................... 12

DuoMode .................................................................................................................... 13

SSD TweakIt ................................................................................................................... 13

ROG HybriDisk ............................................................................................................... 14

ROG CrystalDiskMark .................................................................................................... 14

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus ..................................................................................................... 14

Software installation ................................................................................................. 15

Driver installation ...................................................................................................... 16

Notices ......................................................................................................................17

Federal Communications Commission Statement ......................................................... 17

IC: Canadian Compliance Statement ............................................................................. 19

Canadian Department of Communications Statement ................................................... 20

VCCI: Japan Compliance Statement .............................................................................. 20

VCCI Class B Statement ................................................................................................ 20

KC: Korea Warning Statement ....................................................................................... 20

REACH .................................................................................................................... 21

ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services .............................................................................. 21

ASUS contact information ........................................................................................ 22

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Welcome!

User Guide

ROG HybriDisk 80212-0001036

xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

Thank you for purchasing a RAIDR Express card.

The RAIDR Express card is a PCIE SSD storage card that allows you to maximize

the performance of your system using SSD technology and these exclusive
ROG features: RAMDisk, SSD TweakIt, ROG HybriDisk, ROG CrystalDiskMark,
DuoMode, and Kaspersky® Anti-Virus.

Package contents

Check if the following items are included with your package. If any of the following
items are damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

RAIDR Express card User guide Support CD

Product activation key

Refer to the following product activation key on the support CD to activate your
ROG HybriDisk.

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RAIDR Express card specications summary

Interface

Capacity

Controller

Flash Memory

Sequential Read Speed*

Sequential Write Speed*

4K Read IOPS*

4K Write IOPS*

Bootable

MTBF

Data Encryption

Data Reliability

Native Command Queuing

PCIe 2.0 x2

240 GB

Dual LSI® SandForce SF-2281

TOSHIBA® 19nm 16K Page Size MLC Sync-NAND
Flash

830 MB/s

810 MB/s

Up to 100,000 IOPS

Up to 100,000 IOPS

Supported

620,000 Hours

128bit AES

• Up to 55 bits correctable per 512-byte sector

(BCH)

• Unrecoverable read errors: Less than 1 sector

16

per 10

bits read ECC on all internal memory;

full end-to-end CRC protection; RAISE

Support up to 32 commands

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Dimension (mm)

Weight

Temperature

Compatible OS

TRIM

Latency

UEFI boot compliant

Windows® 8 Secure Boot

AHCI Compliant

Features

157(L)*120(W)*20(H)

243g

0º C - 70º C

Windows® 7 and Windows® 8

TRIM command supported

<0.1ms

Supported

Supported

Driver-less installation

RAMDisk

SSD TweakIt

ROG HybriDisk

ROG CrystalDiskMark

Secure Erase/Firmware Update

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013

* (1) Performance may vary depending on system conguration

(2) Testing results were based on ATTO Disk Benchmark and Iometer

NOTE: Specications are subject to change without prior notice.

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Product Overview

NOTE: The following drawings are for reference only. Actual productActual product

specications may vary.

RAIDR Express card LED
indicator - Solid Red

This LED light indicates that
the RAIDR Express card is
connected to a PCIe slot and
your system is turned on.

RAIDR Express card LED
indicator - Blinking Orange

This LED light indicates that
your system is currently
accessing the RAIDR
Express card.

RAIDR Express card
connector

This allows you to connect
the RAIDR Express card
using an available PCIe x4,an available PCIe x4,

PCIe x8, or PCIe x16 slot on

your motherboard.

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Inside your RAIDR Express card

RAIDR Express SSD

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RAIDR Express SSD (Solid State Drive)

The RAIDR Express card stores data using a SSD made up of
integrated circuit assemblies that store data at much faster speed.
The SSD allows you to boot up and launch applications almost
instantaneously with lesser power consumption.

DuoMode switch

Move the switch to the right to enable the UEFI mode while using your
RAIDR Express card.

WARNING! Turn off your system before moving the DuoMode switch.

NOTE: For more details on the DuoMode feature, refer to the ROG

Exclusive Features section of this manual.

DuoMode LED indicator - Solid Orange

This DuoMode LED light indicates that the UEFI mode is currently
enabled.

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Hardware installation

NOTE: The following illustrations are for reference only. The motherboard layout mayThe motherboard layout may
vary with models, but the installation steps of the RAIDR Express card remain the
same.

1. Locate an available PCIe x4,

PCIe x8, or PCIe x16 slot on

your motherboard.

2. Align and insert the RAIDR

Express card into this slot.

3. Ensure that the RAIDR
Express card is completely
seated on the PCIe slot.

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ROG Exclusive Features

Install the following software features using the support CD that comes with your
package.

NOTE: For more details on how to install these features, refer to the Software Installation
section in this user guide.

Republic of Gamers

The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best
hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative ideas, and
we welcome the best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules
are only for the weak, and bragging rights mean everything. We believe in making
statements and we excel in competitions. If your character matches our trait, then
join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your presence felt.

RAMDisk

RAMDisk is an innovative program that reserves a part of your system’s memory

and turns it into a high-speed virtual drive where you can store cache les and
game apps for instant access. By optimizing your RAIDR Express card’s SSD,
RAMDisk allows you to automatically backup, update, and restore les.

NOTE: RAMDisk only supports 64-bit operating systems.

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DuoMode

Your RAIDR Express card comes with a DuoMode switch that allows you to
choose between using the legacy and UEFI modes of your system. Through
DuoMode, you can ensure better compatibility and support for new Windows
features.

®

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SSD TweakIt

Protect your RAIDR Express card’s SSD and maintain an organized system that

runs smoothly using SSD TweakIt. This program includes data-writing options that
allow you to accelerate your computer’s performance while protecting the life span
of your RAIDR Express card’s SSD.

Secure Erase

Restore your RAIDR Express card to its factory settings using Secure

Erase. This feature allows you to securely remove all of the data stored

in your RAIDR Express card, helping x performance issues caused by
accumulated les and frequent data-writing.

Firmware Updater

Keep your RAIDR Express card up-to-date using the Firmware Updater.

Using this feature, you can download the latest rmware versions, xes,
and improvements that can help maximize and further enhance the

performance of your RAIDR Express card.

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ROG HybriDisk

Get the most out of your HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD when it comes to

maximizing storage space using ROG HybriDisk. This feature optimizes your SSD

by turning it into a disk cache for all frequently-used tasks and applications so you
can reserve your hard disk drive for other important storage needs.

ROG CrystalDiskMark

The Republic of Gamers brings you CrystalDiskMark as a SSD benchmark

software that allows you to test a specic drive’s performance. It uses several
components, such as le size, le position, and fragmentation, to inform you how
fast specic drives currently read or write data.

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Personal offers premium antivirus protection for individual

users and home ofces. It is based on advanced antivirus technologies. The

product incorporates the Kaspersky® Anti-Virus engine, which is renowned for
malicious program detection rates that are among the industry's highest.

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Software installation

Place the support CD into the optical drive. The CD automatically displays the
Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. Click each menu tab and
select the items you want to install.

The Features menu
shows the available
applications that you
can install.

The Drivers
menu shows
the available
device drivers
that you can
install.

Click an item

to install.

NOTE: If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents

of the support CD to locate the le ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder.
Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the CD.

The Manual menu contains
the list of supplementary
user manuals. Click an
item to open the folder of
the user manual.

Click the Contact tab
to display the ASUS
contact information.

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Driver installation

The RAIDR Express card works even without the driver. However, you may refer
to the following procedures if you opt to install the device driver for your RAIDR
Express card.

1. Connect the RAIDR Express card to the motherboard. Refer to the Hardware
Installation for details.

2. Insert the support CD into the optical drive.

3. Install the Marvell Magni driver application.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process.

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Notices

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference.

•

This device must accept any interference received including interference that may

•
cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found 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 interference
in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

•

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

•

Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

•
receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

•

WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics

card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modications

to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void
the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

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IC: Canadian Compliance Statement

Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specications. This device
complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the

requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment regulations.

This device complies with Industry Canada license exempt RSS standard(s).
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not

cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including

interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Cut appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du
Canada. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences
du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

Cet appareil est conforme aux normes CNR exemptes de licence d’Industrie
Canada. Le fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes :

(1) cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférences et

(2) cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence, y compris celles susceptibles

de provoquer un fonctionnement non souhaité de l’appareil.

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Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the
Canadian Department of Communications.

This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

VCCI: Japan Compliance Statement

VCCI Class B Statement

警告 VCCI準拠クラスB機器（日本）

この装置は、情報処理装置等電波障害自主規制協議会(VCCI)の基準に基づくクラスＢ情報技術
装置です。この装置は、家庭環境で使用することを目的としていますが、この装置がラジオやテレ
ビジョン受信機に近接して使用されると、受信障害を引き起こすことがあります。

取扱説明書に従って正しい取り扱いをして下さい。

KC: Korea Warning Statement

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REACH

Complying with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and
Restriction of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we published the chemical
substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://csr.asus.com/
english/REACH.htm.

DO NOT throw the device in municipal waste. This product has been designed
to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. This symbol of the crossed out
wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment)
should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of
electronic products.

ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services

ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from our commitment to the highest
standards for protecting our environment. We believe in providing solutions for you
to be able to responsibly recycle our products, batteries, other components as well
as the packaging materials. Please go to http://csr.asus.com/english/Takeback.htm
for detailed recycling information in different regions.

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ASUS contact information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Address 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11259
Telephone [phone]
Fax [phone]

Technical Support

Telephone [phone]

Online support support.asus.com

ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)

Address 800 Corporate Way, Fremont, CA 94539, USA

Telephone [phone]

Fax [phone]

Technical Support

Telephone [phone]

ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)

Address Harkort Str. 21-23, D-40880 Ratingen, Germany
Fax [phone]

Web site www.asus.de
Online contact www.asus.de/sales

Technical Support

Telephone [phone]

Global website: http://www.asus.com

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EC Declaration of Conformity

We, the undersigned,

Manufacturer:

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Address, City:

4F, No. 150, LI-TE Rd., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN

Country:

TAIWAN

Authorized representative in Europe:

ASUS COMPUTER GmbH

Address, City:

HARKORT STR. 21-23, 40880 RATINGEN

Country:

GERMANY

declare the following apparatus:

Product name : SSD Card

Model name : RAIDR EXPRESS PX2-120GB,

RAIDR EXPRESS PX2-240GB

conform with the essential requirements of the following directives:

2004/108/EC-EMC Directive

EN 55022:2010
EN 61000-3-2:2006+A2:2009
EN 55013:2001+A1:2003+A2:2006

EN 55024:2010
EN 61000-3-3:2008
EN 55020:2007+A11:2011

1999/5/EC-R &TTE Directive

EN 300 328 V1.7.1(2006-10)
EN 300 440-1 V1.6.1(2010-08)
EN 300 440-2 V1.4.1(2010-08)
EN 301 511 V9.0.2(2003-03)
EN 301 908-1 V5.2.1(2011-05)
EN 301 908-2 V5.2.1(2011-07)
EN 301 893 V1.6.1(2011-11)
EN 302 544-2 V1.1.1(2009-01)
EN 302 623 V1.1.1(2009-01)
EN 50360:2001
EN 62479:2010
EN 50385:2002
EN 62311:2008

EN 301 489-1 V1.9.2(2011-09)
EN 301 489-3 V1.4.1(2002-08)
EN 301 489-4 V1.4.1(2009-05)
EN 301 489-7 V1.3.1(2005-11)
EN 301 489-9 V1.4.1(2007-11)
EN 301 489-17 V2.1.1(2009-05)
EN 301 489-24 V1.5.1(2010-09)
EN 302 326-2 V1.2.2(2007-06)
EN 302 326-3 V1.3.1(2007-09)
EN 301 357-2 V1.4.1(2008-11)
EN 302 291-1 V1.1.1(2005-07)
EN 302 291-2 V1.1.1(2005-07)

2006/95/EC-LVD Directive

EN 60950-1 / A12:2011

EN 60065:2002 / A12:2011

2009/125/EC-ErP Directive

Regulation (EC) No. 1275/2008

Regulation (EC) No. 642/2009

Regulation (EC) No. 278/2009

2011/65/EU-RoHS Directive

Ver. 130208

CE marking

Declaration Date: 26/04/2013

Year to begin affixing CE marking:2013

Position : CEO

Name : Jerry Shen

Signature :

__________

(EC conformity marking)

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a)

Responsible Party Name:

Asus Computer International

Address: 800 Corporate Way, Fremont

, CA 94539.

Phone/Fax No: [phone]/[phone]

hereby declares that the product

Product Name : SSD Card

Model Number : RAIDR EXPRESS PX2-120GB,

RAIDR EXPRESS PX2-240GB

Conforms to the following specifications:

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Unintentional Radiators

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person’s Name : Steve Chang / President

Signature :

Date : Apr. 26, 2013

Ver. 120601

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