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: Software support
Chapter 4
4.4.8 Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology
The Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology is a feature that provides the latest content updates
and energy efciency to your computer’s platform.
Once installed and activated, the Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology periodically wakes up the
system from sleeping mode, performs user state gathering, and initiates re-entry to sleeping
mode to wake-up after a set time interval.
• Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology supports Windows
®
Live Mail, Microsoft Outlook,
and Seesmic applications.
• It is necessary to enable the items of the PCH Conguration in the BIOS before
applying the Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology. Go to Advanced Mode > Advanced
> PCH Conguration, and enable the Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology.
Installing the Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology
1. Place the support DVD to the optical drive.
2. Go to Utilities, and click Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology.
3. As the setup wizard appears, click Next to begin the setup.
4. Tick I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and click Next.
10. Click Next after selecting the default
selected disk.
11. Extend volume setup is completed. Click Finish to recover the Intel Rapid Start
Technology partition.
12. Reboot the system after deleting the partition.
13. Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > to remove the
Intel Rapid Start Manager for the complete deletion of Intel Rapid Start Technology.