User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Product introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware information
- 2.1 Before you proceed
- 2.2 Motherboard overview
- 2.3 Building your computer system
- 2.3.1 Additional tools and components to build a PC system
- 2.3.2 CPU installation
- 2.3.3 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation
- 2.3.4 DIMM installation
- 2.3.5 Motherboard installation
- 2.3.6 ATX Power connection
- 2.3.7 SATA device connection
- 2.3.8 Front I/O Connector
- 2.3.9 Expension Card installation
- 2.3.10 USB BIOS Flashback
- 2.3.11 Rear panel connection
- 2.3.12 Audio I/O connections
- 2.4 Starting up for the first time
- 2.5 Turning off the computer
- Chapter 3: BIOS setup
- Chapter 4: Software support
- 4.1 Installing an operating system
- 4.2 Support DVD information
- 4.3 Software information
- 4.4 RAID configurations
- 4.4.1 RAID definitions
- 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
- 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
- 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility
- 4.4.5 Introduction to Intel® 2012 Desktop responsiveness technologies
- 4.4.6 Intel® Smart Response Technology
- 4.4.7 Intel® Rapid Start Technology
- 4.4.8 Intel® Smart Connect Technology
- 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
- Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support
- Appendices

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Chapter 4
If your SSD is smaller than 64GB, and is set to Full disk capacity caching option for Intel
®
Smart Response, you can not see any volume in the Disk Management. Ensure to set your
cache memory value of 18.6GB in Intel
®
Smart Response to allow enough capacity for the
Intel
®
Rapid Start partition.
3. Right click the New Volume
that you want to shrink from,
and select Shrink Volume.
4. If your SSD is not initialized and unformatted:
a. Right click the disk that you want to create the partition, and select Initialize.
b. Right click the unallocated volume, select New Simple Volume, and follow the
remaining steps.
5. Key in the required partition
size, and must be equal to
the system DRAM memory
(1GB = 1024MB). Click
Shrink.
Go to Start> Control Panel>
System and Security>
System, and check the
DRAM size information.
The unallocated volume is
allocated to the selected
disk.