Asus PCIe SSD User Manual
User Guide
E7881
Revised Edition V2
May 2013
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Table of Contents
Package contents ........................................................................................................ 5
RAIDR Express card specications 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 specications 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 conguration
(2) Testing results were based on ATTO Disk Benchmark and Iometer
NOTE: Specications are subject to change without prior notice.
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Product Overview
NOTE: The following drawings are for reference only. Actual productActual product
specications 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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