1 PC-SSD-S Series
2.5 inch Solid State Drive (SATA Type)
PC-SSD2000S, PC-SSD4000S, PC-SSD8000S
User’s Guide
CONTEC CO.,LTD.
Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC PC-SSD-S Series. This product is a solid state drive in
accordance with 2.5-inch SATA standard. Please use this product in accordance with the procedures
described in this document.
Product Configuration
- Product …1
- User’s Guide (this booklet) …1
- Mounting screws…1 set (M3 x 6mm, M3 nylon washers 4pcs)
- Warranty Certificate …1
- Serial number label …1
Disposal
When disposing of the product, follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and
municipal ordinances.
Safety Information
This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting
in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources. Understand the meanings of these
labels to operate the equipment safely.
DANG
ER
DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury.
WA
RN
ING
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may
result in minor or moderate injury or in property damage.
Handling Precautions
WARNING
- Do not modify the product. Doing so may cause fire, electric shock.
- If smoke or abnormal odor is detected, immediately turn off the PC and peripheral devices and
unplug the power cables.
- Never touch this product with wet hands. Doing so can short-circuit the product to cause fire,
electric shock, and/or failure.
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- Use only the mounting screws (M3 x 6) provided with the product. Longer screws may damage
the interior of the product.
- No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior
written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD.
- The contents of this document may be changed in the future without prior notice.
- All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document. Should you notice
an omission or any questionable item in this document, please feel free to notify CONTEC CO.,
LTD.
- Regardless of the foregoing statement, CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may
appear in this document or for any results of using the product.
- PC-SSD-S Series is limited in the number of cycles they can be written (rewritten) to due to the
nature of its memory used. Note that the write life depends on the actual operating conditions.
- Do not turn off the power during disk access (writing). Doing so may break the data.
- The product comes with a protective function that prevents the disk from damaging during an
instantaneous stop but this function is not designed to protect data written onto the disk. When
protecting data, use it under the condition which has no instantaneously stops.
- This product is not formatted. Please be sure to format before use.
FCC PART15 Class B Notice
NOTE:
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 the 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:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the equipment into 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 TO USER
Changes or modifications not expressly approved the manufacturer can void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.
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Features
- Containing no rotating or moving part as in hard disk drives, thus best suited for applications which require high
environmental resistance (to temperature, humidity, vibration, shock) and for continuous operation for extended
periods of time.
- Never making any sound such as motor rotation sound or access noise during seeking, thus best suited for
applications which require complete silence.
- Using SLC (Single Level Cell) NAND flash memory provides reliability and writing speed as well as write
endurance that are superior to those of MLC (Multi Level Cell), making it suitable for industrial applications.
- By eliminating a rotating or moving part, power consumption is reduced to approximately 1/3 *1 of that of hard
disk drive.
- Normaliz
ing
the number of rewriting for all areas to reduce the unevenness so that long life is attained.
- When turning off the power during data writing, the power supply is retained for several milliseconds by the
internal power protection circuit, resulting in strong resistance against power shutoff.
- 15-bits correction/512 bytes error correction feature ensures high data reliability.
- Auto recovery feature ensures automated data recovery from data errors that occurs with repeated reading.
- S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is supported, making it possible to know the
current number of write cycles. This enables prediction of the SSD life span in user environment.
*1: PC-HDD40S: Comparison with 1900mW at read/write
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Hardware Specifications
Item
Specifications
PC-SSD2000S
PC-SSD4000S
PC-SSD8000S
Memory
capacity
LBA
1920MB
3840MB
7680MB
CHS
1919MB
3839MB
7679MB
Host interface
Serial ATA standard Rev.2.0 (Gen2: 3.0Gbps),
Serial ATA standard Rev.1.0 (Gen1: 1.5Gbps)
Read
40MByte/sec
Write
15MByte/sec
NAND Flash memory life span
50,000 cycles
Write endurance *1
384,000,000 cycles
768,000,000 cycles
1,536,000,000 cycles
Rated voltage
5VDC ±10%
Consumed power
Sleep
150mW (Typ.)
(read) / (write)
750mW (Max.) / 750mW (Max.)
Ambient temperature
(Operation, Storage)
-40 - 85ºC
Storage temperature (Operation)
0 - 90%RH (No condensation)
Corrosive gases
None
Vibration (Operation)
15G or less
Shock (Non operation)
1500G or less
Physical dimensions (mm)
69.85(W) x 100(D) x 9.50(H)
Weight
About 70g
*1 Refers to the allowed number of write cycles when rewriting under 512KB.
BIOS Setup Parameters
IDE Parameters
Products
Size (MB)
Cylinder
Head
Sector
PC-SSD2000S
1919
3900
16
63
PC-SSD4000S
3839
7801
16
63
PC-SSD8000S
7679
15603
16
63
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About write endurance
PC-SSD-S series have a write endurance which limits the number of times each memory may be
written, due to the characteristic of the memory that is used. Write endurance can be calculated by the
following formula as a reference value:
Write endurance (cycles) =
Total capacity (MB) x 50,000 (cycles) / Size of file (MB)
Example1: When the file of 1MB is made for PC-SSD-2000P, and it rewrites it once a second.
Write endurance = 1920MB x 50,000 cycles / 1MB = 96,000,000 (cycles)
Longevity = 96,000,000 / (3600 x 24 x 365) ≅ 3 (year)
After all these are reference values, confirm its life span by the following S.M.A.R.T.
About S.M.A.R.T.
A self-diagnosis program "SMART" that can obtain the S.M.A.R.T information in a SSD is available
for download at TDK website (http://www.tdk.co.jp). Following information can be obtained using
this program:
1. Number of flash memory chips mounted inside SSD, and the total number of blocks
2. Total number of write cycles on SSD
3. Number of write cycles of the block where rewriting occurs most frequently
4. Number of write cycles of the block where rewriting occurs least frequently
5. Number of write cycles of all the blocks (10 step histogram)
The NAND type flash memory’s life span is 50,000 cycles.
The number of write cycles for each block
can be determined, making it possible to predict life span.
TDK website:
http://www.tdk.co.jp
At the SMART program download destination:
http://www.tdk.co.jp/memorycontroller/mem01000.htm
Requirement for SMART program:
Windows 2000/XP with VB6.0 runtime and MSFLXGRD.OCX component
(such as vb6rt330.exe)
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External Dimensions
Connector Pin Assignment
Pin
Signal
Function
I/O
Pin
Signal
Function
I/O
S1 AGND Analog Ground S2 RX+ RX+ Signal I
S3 RX- RX- Signal I S4 AGND Analog Ground
S5
TX-
TX- Signal
O
S6
TX+
TX+ Signal
O
S7
AGND
Analog Ground
P1 N.C. P2 N.C.
P3 N.C. P4 DGND Digital Ground
P5
DGND
Digital Ground
P6
DGND
Digital Ground
P7
+5V
+5VDC
P8
+5V
+5VDC
P9 +5V +5VDC P10 N.C.
P11 N.C. P12 DGND Digital Ground
P13
N.C.
P14
N.C.
P15 N.C.
* DGND and AGND are connected internally.
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Limited One-Year Warranty
CONTEC Products are warranted by CONTEC CO., LTD to be free from defects in material and
workmanship for up to one year from the date of purchase by the original purchaser. Repair will be
free of charge only when this device is returned freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice and a
Return Merchandise Authorization to the distributor or the CONTEC group office, from which it was
purchased. This warranty is not applicable for scratches or normal wear, but only for the electronic
circuitry and original boards. The warranty is not applicable if the device has been tampered with or
damaged through abuse, mistreatment, neglect, or unreasonable use, or if the original invoice is not
included, in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy.
How to Obtain Service
For replacement or repair, return the device freight prepaid, with a copy of the original invoice. Please
obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization Number (RMA) from the CONTEC group office where you
purchased before returning any product.
* No product will be accepted by CONTEC group without the RMA number.
Liability
The obligation of the warrantor is solely to repair or replace the product. In no event will the
warrantor be liable for any incidental or consequential damages due to such defect or consequences that
arise from inexperienced usage, misuse, or malfunction of this device.
PC-SSD-S Series User’s Guide
Copyright 2012 CONTEC CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CONTEC CO., LTD. July 2015 Edition
3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan
Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/
English http://www.contec.com/ NA00246 (LYKT073)
Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/ 07172015_rev3 [10142009]
No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written
consent of CONTEC CO., LTD.
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