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Appendix B

B-12

Intel RAID

System Acceleration (optional)

Intel

Rapid Storage Technology use a SSD as a cache. Which can store frequently

used data without having to use a slow virtual disk or depend on RAM. The SSD

cache with the advantages of high-speed read/write and non-volatile memory to

accelerate the system performance.

Important

Check your SSD manufacturer's website, upgrade rmware in order to support Intel

Rapid Storage Technology.

Intel

Rapid Storage Technology can only work with RAID mode. Even though there is

only one hard drive, you must set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS. The OS must be

installed in the RAID ready disk in order to use the SSD caching.

Follow these steps to enable system acceleration. If Windows has been installed in

RAID mode, skip to the step 5.

1. Reboot and enter the BIOS steup.

2. Set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS.

3. Install Windows operating system.

4. Insert the MSI Driver DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.

5. Install Intel

RAID driver

6. Powered o.

7. Connect the SSD.

8. Reboot the system to Windows.

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