Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H, User Manual

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EZ Rapid Start
A. System Requirements
1. Intel
®
Rapid Start Technology enabled in BIOS Setup
2. An SSD with size larger than the total system memory
3. Windows 7 with SP1/Windows 8
4.
AHCI/RAID mode supported (please note if the SSD has been assigned as a member of a RAID array, it
cannot be used to set up and Intel
®
Rapid Start store partition); IDE mode not supported
(Note)
B. Using EZ Rapid Start
Select EZ Rapid Start and click Create . Then install the Intel
®
Rapid Start Technology utility and restart your
computer to complete.
To disable this function, click
Delete .
• The default compressed space is the system memory size plus 2 GB. For example, if the system
memory size is 8 GB, the default compressed space is 8 GB plus 2 GB, so the SSD capacity will
decrease by 10 GB. If EZ Rapid Start is disabled, the decreased 10 GB will be returned to the SSD.
•
If you want to upgrade your system memory, disable EZ Rapid Start first and re-install it to ensure
it can work normally.
(Note) If the motherboard Chipset supports RAID, EZ Rapid Start will force the Intel
®
SATA controllers into
RAID mode. If not, the Intel
®
SATA controllers will be forced into AHCI mode.