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Kingston SSDNow M Series drive d ® X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive s PRODUCT DISCONTINUED – FOR INFORMATION ONLY Makes power users more productive. s

Kingston’s new line of SSDNow solid-state drives (SSD) • Guaranteed — backed by a three-year Kingston rounds out its suite of enterprise products. The SSDNow warranty and 24/7 tech support M Series uses Intel® solid-state drives, which are the • Reliable best-performing drives on the market. By improving a wear-leveling design mean the drives will last longer computer’s performance and durability, SSDNow M Series • Advanced architecture — 10 parallel channel drives help increase the productivity of power users. architecture

SSDNow M Series drives increase performance with the impressive input and output operations per second (IOPS), a result of the drive’s NAND Flash components and • Form factor — 2.5" the powerful Native Command Queuing. With higher • Interface — SATA 1.5Gb/sec. and 3.0Gb/sec. IOPS than a standard mechanical (HDD), • Sequential Speed† SSDNow M Series allows for faster boot times and faster 80GB, 160GB — Up to 250MB/sec. read application loads than HDDs, ultimately making a power 70 MB/sec. write user more productive. • Cache — 64MB onboard cache • Capacity* — 80GB, 160GB SSD uses a standard hard drive interface but unlike an • Storage temperatures — -55° C to 95° C HDD, SSD is very rugged and can handle more shock • Operating temperatures — 0° C to 70° C because it’s built with no moving parts. Kingston’s • Dimensions — 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm SSDNow M Series can withstand greater shock than an • Weight — 86 grams (+/- 2 grams) HDD, making it an ideal solution for executives and road • Vibration operating — 2.17 G (7–800Hz) warriors who push the limits of their notebooks. • Vibration non-operating — 3.13 G (5–500Hz) Kingston’s SSDNow M Series drives are equipped with • Power specs — Active: 0.15 W TYP S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Sleep: 0.075 W TYP Technology) to tell the user when a drive is about to fail. • Life expectancy — 1.2 million hours mean time before failure For added peace of mind, the drives are backed by • Operating shock — 1,500 G/0.5 msec operating 24/7 tech support, a three-year warranty and legendary and non-operating Kingston® reliability.

Features: Kingston SSDNow M Series Part Numbers: • Fast — 250MB/sec. read, 70MB/sec. write, SNM225-S2/80GB, SNM225-S2/160GB, 2.5" form factor SNM225-S2B/80GB**, SNM225-S2B/160GB**

• Durable — no moving mechanical parts, enabling the SSD to handle rougher conditions

* Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and is not available for storage. For more information, go to Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide. ** Bundled accessory kits. † Based on internal testing. Performance may vary based on system settings. THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ©2010 Kingston Technology Corporation, 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 USA. All rights reserved. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Printed in the USA MKD-123.2