Asus P8Z68-M PRO - Solution

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Intel
®
Smart Response Technology
Intel
®
Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed
fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up
hard drive/ main memory interaction. Key benets are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced
load and wait times, and maximized storage utilization. Power consumption also goes down
by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin.
• Intel
®
Smart Response Technology supports Windows
®
7/ Vista operating
systems.
• Intel
®
Smart Response Technology is supported by 2
nd
generation Intel
®
Core™ processor family.
• Operating systems must be installed on the HDD to launch Intel
®
Smart
Response Technology. The capacity of the SSD is reserved for caching
function.
• Before applying Intel
®
Smart Response Technology, set the SATA Mode
BIOS item to [RAID mode] in BIOS setup. Refer to SATA Conguration in
Chapter 2 for details.
To install Intel
®
Smart Response Technology:
1. Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your
computer has enabled the Autorun feature.
2. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Driver software.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.
To use Intel
®
Smart Response Technology:
1.3.3 Intel
®
Smart Response Technology & LucidLogix
®
Virtu
TM
Solution
1. Click Accelerate to launch Smart
Response Technology settings.