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Chapter 6 – Asus Z87M-PLUS User Manual

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Chapter 6: Intel

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technologies

Chapter 6

3.

To change acceleration mode, click

Change Mode then click Yes. To

disable Intel

®

Smart Response

Technology, click Disable acceleration.

When using Intel

®

Smart Response Technology, you need at least one SSD (with at

least 20GB of storage space) and an HDD.

If you want to restore the OS, remove the disk/volume acceleration to disable

the Intel

®

Smart Response Technology. Refer to section Intel

®

Rapid Storage

Technology Option ROM utility of your user manual for more details.

Ensure to restart your system after you enable or disable the Intel

®

Smart Response

Technology for the changes to take effect.

The maximum caching size that you can set on the SSD is 64GB. If your SSD is more

than 64GB, the available space left can still be recognized by the system for normal

storage.

4.

In the Accelerate Disk or Volume

window, you can do any of the

following:
a. Select from the drop-down list the

disk you want to use to accelerate

your storage system.

b. Tick any of these acceleration

modes:

Enhanced mode: WRITE

THROUGH, write to SSD and

HDD at the same time.

Maximized mode: WRITE BACK,

write to SSD and write back to

HDD in a later time.

c. Click OK to exit.