ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA/THUNDERFX Benutzerhandbuch

ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA Series

7-3

Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed 

fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding 

up hard drive/main memory interaction. It accelerates the hard drive speeds, reduced load 

and wait time, and maximizes storage use. It also reduces hard drive spin thus reducing 

unnecessary hard drive spin.

Before applying Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology, setting the SATA Mode BIOS item to 

[RAID mode] in BIOS setup is necessary. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for 

details.

1. 

Place the support DVD to the optical drive. If Autorun is enabled in your computer, the 

DVD automatically displays the installation wizard.

2. 

Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel

®

 Rapid Storage Technology Driver software.

3. 

Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

1. 

Click Accelerate to launch Smart Response 

Technology settings.

2. 

Do the following:
a.  Select the SSD you want to use to 

accelerate your storage system.

b.  Select the size allocated for SSD 

caching.

c.  Select the hard drive to accelerate.
d.  Select any of these enhanced 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.