Solved Asus S400CA 24GB SSD used or not? How to know

[rvcjew]

oh sorry you should get it from asus not them as im not sure what your chipset is and i bet there's are custom so whats your os atm? if you go here ASUS VivoBook S400CA - Notebooks & Ultrabooks - ASUS and pick your OS it should have the intel drivers you need and the ones they have "supposedly" tested with your machine. that link before was to explain what the technology was and why you should use it.

 

[rvcjew]

k i must not be able to read atm because i did not notice that you had said already you got them off asus's site. its not in your programs anywhere either? what version did it have you install? and are you 8 or 8.1?

 

[hermes b]

Yes, like I told you I downloaded from Asus and installed it, after that, it said that the driver was installed successfully and I needed to reboot, but the manager like the one in the picture that you posted... that I don't have it. even in Control panel -> programs, the driver isn't there

 

[rvcjew]

so you don't have what i pictured below? that is form my win 8 laptop.

 

[hermes b]

I think I got it, is this one right? (it's in spanish because it's my first languaje)

 

[rvcjew]

yep i cant read it but it looks the same and i can understand the other parts, you look all good.

 

[hermes b]

ok, thanks again!

 

[rvcjew]

you should set the thread as solved so others know it is. edit you cant lol cause you didn't start it.

 

[hermes b]

Can I do that? I wasn't the one who created it. I just posted my questions in this thread because it was kind of related to it

 

[rvcjew]

nope i edited above to reflect that. i hope gandhi sees it and it helps him/her but considering it was started in January he probably doesn't need it anymore.

 

[geojoking]

I am sorry to "revive" this thread but I'm having the exact same question.

I have a ASUS S400CA, i3 version, and I'm running Windows 8.1.

ExpressCache and Intel Rapid Storage drivers are installed, the latest ones from the ASUS website, but I can't find the Settings Panel anywhere.

What solution do I have? I'm not sure if irst is working, the laptop is starting fast when no users are logged in, but when there are 3 logged users, it's very laggy when starting up from standby and especially when switching between users.

Any solution? I'd like to mention that I've recently RESET the laptop because I had had some Store problems. So the system is "fresh".

 

[rvcjew]

I am sorry to "revive" this thread but I'm having the exact same question.

I have a ASUS S400CA, i3 version, and I'm running Windows 8.1.

ExpressCache and Intel Rapid Storage drivers are installed, the latest ones from the ASUS website, but I can't find the Settings Panel anywhere.

What solution do I have? I'm not sure if irst is working, the laptop is starting fast when no users are logged in, but when there are 3 logged users, it's very laggy when starting up from standby and especially when switching between users.

Any solution? I'd like to mention that I've recently RESET the laptop because I had had some Store problems. So the system is "fresh".

you don't see it like how i showed to get it in my above pictures? its called intel rapid storage i think. typing intel after hitting :winkey:should show it. EDIT: made it easier to see.

 

[geojoking]

Nope, I don't have it, and I've searched all over the PC. I have the latest drivers, as I said above, and still nothing.

 

[rvcjew]

you said you installed express cache does it show you info if you open a elevated command prompt and type "eccmd -info?

 

[beblessed]

you said you installed express cache does it show you info if you open a elevated command prompt and type "eccmd -info?

I just got a referbished s400ca with the i5. I am planning on wiping it and reinstalling just what I want. I wanted to see how to restore the quick boot SSD function and found this thread.

I ran the above command and got:

ExpressCache Command Version 1.0.86.0
Copyright 2010-2011 Diskeeper Corporation.
Date Time: <today's date> (PORTASUS #0)

Product is not licensed to run on this system.
​

This may mean ASUS has branded the software and it can't be seen by Intel's methods. Not sure.

Jeojoking: Do you have the c:\eSupport directory? It contained the drivers and ASUS software. The ASUS Install program (c:\eSupport\eDriver\AsInsWiz.exe) should install all the drivers. If not I will find out this weekend.

 

[beblessed]

My Solution

So my format and install was a great learning process!

1. I found out how to create a UEFI bootable USB drive to load Windows 8 with. Done with Rufus.
   1. http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html
2. Started Windows 8 install.
3. Then I wiped the 500GB drive of all partitions during Windows 8 install. I asked Windows to create a 200gb drive to install to. The rest of the drive was partitioned for data. The 200GB became these partitions:
   1. 300mb Recovery
   2. 100mb System
   3. 128mb MSR (Reserved)
   4. 194.8gb Windows8
4. Finished the Windows 8 install
5. Installed ASUS drivers with ASUS Install Tool (from c:\eSupport\eDriver\AsInsWiz.exe). I installed the following software from it's list:
   1. All drivers
   2. LifeFrame
   3. Power4Gear
   4. USB Charger Plus
   5. Splendid
   6. Win flash
   7. Smart Gesture
   8. ASUS Live Update
6. Run ASUS Live Update
   1. An icon appears in the system tray on the desktop. Click it and install critical updates.
   2. re-run after reboots until all updates install.
7. Updated Windows to 8.1
8. Followed process to install ExpressCache
   1. HOWTO: Configure a large (> 32GB) SSD to work with ExpressCache
   2. In the step to setup the drive I used the whole 24GB drive. NOTE:You may want to leave some for the Intel Rapid Start as mentioned in the second post of the thread. YMMV
      1. To use the whole drive: "create partition primary" without setting "size"
   3. To install ExpressCache use C:\eSupport\eDriver\Software\Others\other\ExpressCache\Win8_64_1.0.86\Setup_x64.exe not the version from Lenovo.
   4. I followed the suggestion to preload Windows with the "eccmd -preload ." command and my development suite.
   5. rebooted for good measure

This worked great! My development suite usually takes a minute or so to load. Only took a 5 seconds to load! As the Robertsons say Happy Happy Happy!!

 

[thecrash91]

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead but I have been trying all the methods found on google for setting up expresscache and I keep getting the same results.

I have an Asus Vivobook s500ca with a 500 gig primary drive with 24 gig solid state, just like the s400, and I have setup express cache using the methods previously mentioned in this thread but whenever I enter the command eccmd -info I never get any info about my drive, all it tells me is
"ExpressCache Command Version 1.0.100.0
Copyright- 2010-2012 Condusiv Technologies.
Date Time: [insert current date and time] (PaulUltrabook #0)"

and nothing after that, it doesnt display anything else. I feel like this means it isnt configured properly. I have some experience in IT so I know what the terminology etc. means but im totally stumped with this.
I used diskpart to clean and create partition, ive also used eccmd to create the partition and nothing changes the outcome. thanks in advance for the help!

 

[beblessed]

I used diskpart to clean and create partition, ive also used eccmd to create the partition and nothing changes the outcome. thanks in advance for the help!

thecrash91: You said you partitioned the SSD and I needed to do that too. You used the command from HOWTO: Configure a large (> 32GB) SSD to work with ExpressCache and set it to set id=73 override? (step 6)
Another thing to verify is that you used ASUS's ExpressCache. Do you still have the original driver folder? Mine was called c:\eSupport\. Inside there was the ExpressCache that I used. Not sure if this makes a difference or not but it might.

Good luck.

 

[thecrash91]

I used diskpart to clean and create partition, ive also used eccmd to create the partition and nothing changes the outcome. thanks in advance for the help!

thecrash91: You said you partitioned the SSD and I needed to do that too. You used the command from HOWTO: Configure a large (> 32GB) SSD to work with ExpressCache and set it to set id=73 override? (step 6)
Another thing to verify is that you used ASUS's ExpressCache. Do you still have the original driver folder? Mine was called c:\eSupport\. Inside there was the ExpressCache that I used. Not sure if this makes a difference or not but it might.

Good luck.

Whenever I would try to run the set id command it would give me errors. So this time I started from the beginning and uninstalled expresscache before trying to set up the drive. and yes I was using the version from Asus' website. It works now, I guess all I needed to do was uninstall it before partitioning the drive. Thanks for the help! I am getting statistics now, and I am currently preloading c:\windows into my cache. I cant wait to see how much faster this already fast laptop runs.

 

[beblessed]

So this time I started from the beginning and uninstalled expresscache before trying to set up the drive. and yes I was using the version from Asus' website. It works now, I guess all I needed to do was uninstall it before partitioning the drive.

I also had to uninstall and reinstall ExpressCache a couple of times before I did it right. Be sure to reboot after uninstalling.

Glad you got it going. So am I glad it works.