HighPoint 1022C User Manual

RocketU 1022C Host Controller

Quick Installation Guide

V1.0

Jan. 21, 2013

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Table of Contents

HighPoint RocketU 1022C ....................................................... 3

Kit Contents ............................................................................ 3

Board Layout ........................................................................... 4

Installing the RocketU Series Host Adapter ............................ 5

Driver Installation (Microsoft Windows) ................................. 5

Connecting USB Storage Devices ............................................ 6

Customer Support ................................................................... 7

FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement 8

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HighPoint RocketU 1022C

The Industry’s best USB 3.0 upgrade for any PC

The RocketU 1022C can be easily installed into any free PCIe 2.0/1.0 x1,
x4, x8 or x16 slot, and is natively supported by Windows 8 and Linux
distributions that utilize kernel v2.6.31 and later.

Fully Compliant with standard USB 2.0/3.0 Devices

In addition to high-performance storage devices, the RocketU 1022C’s
2nd generation USB 3.0 architecture supports industry standard USB

2.0 and 3.0 peripherals, such as device hubs, card readers and interface
devices.

Key Features

 PCI-Express 2.0 x1
 2 USB 3.0 ports with Type A connectors (female)
 5Gb/s transfer bandwidth
 Optimized for all USB 3.0 storage devices
 Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 & 1.1
 Hot-Swap and Hot-Plug
 Compliant with xHCI (Extensible Host Controller Interface)

Specification

 Supports Windows 8, 7, 2008, Vista
 Linux kernel v2.6.31 and later.

Kit Contents

 RocketU 1022C host controller
 Software CD

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