ASUS p8z68-m pro Manuel D’Utilisation

1-6

Chapter 1: Product introduction

Intel

®

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

fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up 

hard drive/ main memory interaction. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced 

load and wait times, and maximized storage utilization. Power consumption also goes down 

by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin.

•  Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology supports Windows

®

 7/ Vista operating 

systems.

•  Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology is supported by 2

nd

 generation Intel

®

 

Core™ processor family.

•  Operating systems must be installed on the HDD to launch Intel

®

 Smart 

Response Technology. The capacity of the SSD is reserved for caching 

function.

•  Before applying Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology, set the SATA Mode 

BIOS item to [RAID mode] in BIOS setup. Refer to SATA Configuration in 

Chapter 2 for details.

To install Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology:

1. 

Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your 

computer has enabled the Autorun feature.

2. 

Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel

® 

Rapid Storage Technology Driver software.

3. 

Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.

To use Intel

®

 Smart Response Technology:

1. 

Click Accelerate to launch Smart 

Response Technology settings.