Pcie 2.0 Test Moi
PCI Express 3.0 Card Transmitter Test MOI This document covers the Method of Implementation (MOI) for PCI Express 3.0 CEM and U.2 card transmitter testing, using DPO70000 Series Oscilloscopes. Download File. Thus, a PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot offers a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 8 GiB/s, while a PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot reaches 16 GiB/s. Let us keep in mind that those are the maximum speeds this connection supports, which does not mean the video card will transfer data at these speeds.
Newegg.com - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service - Newegg shopping upgraded ™If you are reading this message, Please to reload this page.(Do not use your browser's 'Refresh' button). Please if you're running the latest version of your browser and you still see this message.If you see this message, your web browser doesn't support JavaScript or JavaScript is disabled.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings so Newegg.com can function correctly. Confidential HYPER M.2 X16 x INTEL VROC Sales Kit 2. Confidential Unleashed with the simple addition of an ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 Card, supporting up to four PCIe® 3.0 x4 M.2 drives, with a transfer bandwidth of up to 128Gbps!. M.2 SSD FAN.
M.2 FAN Power Switch. PCIE X16 Interface. Stylish Heatsink cover. 4 x M.2 2242/2210 connectors. 4 x M.2 activity LED PRODUCT OVERVIEW HYPER M.2 X16 CARD 3. Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT Upgrade your RAID from CPU Intel VROC (Virtual RAID on CPU) is a new I/O storage technology, supported within the RSTe 5.x driver family. This feature allows you to use CPU PCIe lanes to create BOOTable RAID arrays.
A CPU PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot can support data transfer rates up to 128 Gbps – that’s four times faster than DMI the 32 Gbps limit of the DMI bus, and 22 X faster than SATA 3.0. PCIe 3.0 x 16 VROC Traditional SATA 3.0 6Gbps 128 Gbps PCIe 3.0 x 4 (DMI limit) 32 Gbps 4. Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT How to enable VROC 1.
Purchase the key. Insert into ASUS’ X299 MBs & use a SKL-X CPU. Install up to 4 Intel SSDs in the Hyper M.2 X 16 Card. H/W key VROC function No need Raid 0 Standard Raid 0/Raid 1 Premium Raid 0/Raid 1/Raid 5. Only Intel SSDs can use Intel VROC. Intel VROC does not support 3rd party SSDs.
Confidential INTEL VROC SUPPORT - ASUS HYPER M.2 X 16 Performance of the ASUS HYPER M.2 X 16 & Intel SSDs MB: ASUS PRIME X299-DELUXE / CPU: Intel i7-7900X/ DRAM:G.SKILL TRIDENT Z DDR4 3000MHz 8G x8 / CPU Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 / VGA: ASUS STRIX GTX1080/ SSD: Intel M.2 SSD 600P 512GB x4/ OS: Win 10 6. Confidential Model HYPER M.2 X16 CARD Interface PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface Compatible with PCI Express x8, and x16 slots External Connectors 4 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support(supports PCIE SSDs only) 1 x M.2 FAN Power Switch LED 4 x M.2 instruction LED RAID SUPPORT Intel® VROC Ready with Intel® RSTe for X299 Series Motherboards Dimension 20.2. 9.6.1.3cm Compatible Models. Support ASUS X299 series motherboard models PRODUCT SPEC. Pros:I don't know, I never used it.
Oh- It does actually LOOK really cool!Cons:Needs Asus X99 boards to work, or a board with huge chipset space because it has to have x16 to work. I ALREADY had some M.2 slots on my mainboard occupied, so plugging in this card would bump everything DOWN TO 4x or even 2x depending on what you are doing at the time; ESPECIALLY true if you want to have multiple 16x then 8x pci-e slots occupied for gaming.Other Thoughts:Great if you don't have stuff already plugged in or do not want to otherwise occupy chipset lanes. Pros:Good build quality. Looks good tooCons:A bit heavy. Poor documentation as to how to use this in cases where you want to expand storage (non-raid). See below for further details.Other Thoughts:I have a Asus Z87 gryphon motherboard with a moded bios.
I can run NVME drives bootable and everything works fine.I got this card simply to expand storage, i.e. To use 2 NVME drives (one bootable and one for storage). The Z87 chipset supports pcie bifurcation, so in theory it should work. But sadly only the first m.2 slot gets detected.
I tried fiddling with the bios (csm compatibility.etc) to no avail. Pros:My Asus Z370 Code X manual says that this card can be used on an 8X pcie lane to accommodate up two M.2 drives. This card’s compatibility only shows X299 boards! Can someone from Asus clarify this contradiction?Cons:In addition, users who have tried to use this card with NON X299 boards, claim that they only see one drive.again Asus can you clarify?Other Thoughts:The instructions from my Z370 Code X refer to two Intel SSD.
Does this mean that it will not work with Samsung SSD? Again, may an Asus explanation would be appreciated. Pros:Build quality appears to be very good. Nice attention to detail, nice black finish, and a big, beautiful aluminum heat sink with channels for the fan. Some rough edges on the sides, so don't snuggle up next to it at night.
The heat sink is big and heavy, probably for better heat dissipation. It certainly has a nice heft to it when it's in your hand. It comes with all of the screws and standoffs you'll need for all 4 slots, though they're bagged separately (rather than being pre-installed) so it would have been nice if Asus had installed them at the 80mm point since that's the size of the majority of m.2 SSDs on the market right now. While not officially supported by Asus, you can get this card to work on some motherboards.
(EVGA X299 FTW-K specifically, possibly others now or in the future.)Cons:Down to brass tacks: to use this card and get technical support from Asus you must purchase an Asus motherboard which, given the state of Asus motherboard support (terrible, not knowledgeable, tells you have have to get back to you with answers then never does, etc.), is not something I'd recommend. For example: I bought a Prime X299-Deluxe but returned it because Asus couldn't confirm what was and wasn't supported, and it was missing an m.2 mounting bracket that Asus didn't have the ability to replace without sending the entire motherboard to them. That's right: they wanted me to send the whole motherboard back for an optional mounting bracket that isn't necessary for basic motherboard operation.
But I digress. Back to the review:Nowhere in the product description does it say this card requires an Asus motherboard. Not that I purchased it from a NewEgg competitor, which had a slightly different description. Here, there's a line that says 'Compatible Models. Support ASUS X299 series motherboard models', but I think a reasonable person would take that to mean it didn't support Asus boards pre-X299 and not necessarily to mean that NO non-Asus boards would work.
But also, nowhere in the product literature is this present; only on the Asus web site and that one line in the product description. VROC is a standard that is brand-agnostic. (Except for the brand of SSDs required to support bootable RAIDs, i.e. Intel.) On the Asus product specifications page, you will see a list of compatible Asus motherboards, and Asus said I should have interpreted this to mean this card won't work on ANY other motherboards, ASUS or otherwise. Of course, they also didn't know what VROC was (they thought it was a third-party brand), didn't know what a RAID was, didn't understand the differences between RAID 0 or 1, and can't manage to send out missing metal pieces for their products without performing an entire RMPA, so I probably shouldn't have been surprised.If Asus limits usage of this card to Asus motherboards, they really should make that clear before you buy it. The closest thing they have done is a single line in the manual under 'Specifications Summary', then 'Compatible Models' that says 'Visit to www.asus.com for the latest compatible model lists'.
But the support page for this card lists an empty table under the text 'The following table shows the supported CPUs for this motherboard.' So there's really no way to know until you buy it and try to get it to work. Terrible communication about compatibility, Asus. And your support for it ranges between woefully unprepared and completely ignorant. Most of your agents don't really understand what the card is for. Those that do hadn't ever heard of it before my call and didn't understand most RAID-related terms I used.Asus, here's some customer feedback for you: stop force-tying your PCIe cards to specific motherboards or people will stop buying both.
Everyone thinks it's stupid that Intel is limiting X299 VROC RAIDs to RAID 0 and 1 unless you buy a hardware key. That's like DLC applied to hardware. ('Unlock your motherboard's full potential for only $99!) Everyone thinks it's even more stupid that you can't boot from VROC Raids unless you're using Intel-branded SSDs because, frankly, they aren't the best SSDs on the market.
That title belongs to Samsung's 960 Pro NVMe SSDs. (Though this may change if they ever bring 3D XPoint to the m.2 form factor.) Asus, you could have had an excellent product on your hands with this card, but your support is clueless and your hardware is unnecessarily limited. There are a lot of creative professionals who would love to pay twice as much for it, but who won't buy it because they have to buy a motherboard that has limited support due to the aforementioned support cluelessness.
Everyone is upset about Intel's limiting/brand-lock-in choices. Don't make the same mistake or enthusiasts and professionals needing serious hardware (i.e. Your biggest markets for a product like this) will shop elsewhere. You might be the first to release a card like this, but you won't be the last, and you clearly aren't the best. You could be. Time will tell.Other Thoughts:HAVE AN ASUS MOTHERBOARD? OR AN EVGA X299 FTW-K?
READ ON.Bear in mind that this isn't a RAID card; it's a lane-splitter that can be used as either separate volumes or thrown into a RAID. More on that shortly. If you DO have an Asus motherboard, you'll be able to use this card.
Pcie 2.0 Test Moi Exam
When installing your m.2 NVMe drives, make sure you start at slot 1 (bottom) and work your way up. You don't need all four installed, but you must install them in order. Slot numbers are between the m.2 slots and the fan. Again, this isn't in the documentation.
Once your SSDs are installed you will need to go into the BIOS and enable this card. Asus says it's easy, but I no longer have an Asus motherboard so I can't confirm that. Once you enable it, it splits the 16 PCIe lanes in that slot into 4x4 lanes, which will allow your m.2 cards (each supporting 4 PCIe lanes, i.e. NVMe speeds) to become accessible so you can RAID them together or just have lots of extra m.2 NVMe slots. Once they're installed and the card is active, your drives will show up as normal in Windows Disk Manager.
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If you're not sure how to get it going, ask Asus. Hopefully you'll get better support than I did.HAVE AN EVGA X299 FTW-K?It's deceptively simple to get this to work.
First, you'll need to update your BIOS to at least v1.06 to get VMD (Volume Management Device) support. You can get the updated driver here: that's done, go into your BIOS, then Advanced, then CPU Storage Configuration and enable the PCIe slot containing this card. Note that this will cause the card not to appear in the PCIe Configuration of the BIOS, so if it disappears on you, that's why. Then make sure NVMe RAID is disabled. I think that's on the Boot section of the BIOS. If you enable NVMe RAID, you'll be able to RAID two cards on the motherboard or single-slot PCIe cards, but the Asus card won't work. Once this is done, you should be good to go.
You can then see your drives in Disk Manager and use that or Intel's VROC software, etc. To create your RAID.Regarding the product itself, the build quality appears to be very good.
Nice attention to detail, nice black finish, and a big, beautiful aluminum heat sink with channels for the fan. Some rough edges on the sides, so don't snuggle up next to it at night. The heat sink is big and heavy, probably for better heat dissipation. It certainly has a nice heft to it when it's in your hand. It comes with all of the screws and standoffs you'll need for all 4 slots, though they're bagged separately (rather than being pre-installed) so it would have been nice if Asus had installed them at the 80mm point since that's the size of the majority of m.2 SSDs on the market right now.A note of caution for those considering RAID 0: Back up your data! RAID 0 on this card allows you to stripe multiple NVMe drives for massive speed increases (I saw more than 2X the speed of a single card when using just two) but now you've got up to 4 points of failure instead of one: any one drive fails and you lose the data on ALL of them.
(5 points of failure if you include the card itself.) RAID 10 is somewhat safer (half the storage but better data redundancy and retaining faster speeds than a single card), but Intel will make you buy a hardware key to enable RAID 10 which, as far as I've heard, isn't out yet. Same with Raid 5.So back up any data you have on this drive to another drive just in case!