I n t e l Sm a r t Re sponse Te ch n ology I n st a lla t ion Gu ide

This m ot herboard support s I nt el Sm art Response Technology. You can find t he UI set up
inst ruct ion and t he st ep by st ep inst ruct ions below .
UI se t up inst r uct ion:
1. Com plet e init ial syst em set up, including inst alling t he OS t o a RAI D m ode syst em , t hen inst all
all required drivers, including RST st orage driver version 10.5 or lat er.
2. You MUST have bot h t he HDD you int end t o accelerat e AND t he SSD in syst em at t his point !
3. Boot syst em t o deskt op, open RST GUI from eit her St art Menu or by double- clicking RST
St orage icon in I con t ray, lower right - hand corner of t he screen.
4. Once open, click on t he Enable Accelerat ion but t on on t he GUI panel.
5. When pop- up m enu appears, chose which SSD you wish t o use as t he Cache device, which
HDD you wish t o Accelerat e, if you want t o use t he full SSD as Cache device or only 20GB,
and if you want t o use Enhanced or Maxim ized Mode.
6. For all perform ance t est ing, chose Maxim ized m ode.
7. Aft er clicking OK but t on, SRT will enable aut om at ically, and t he RST GUI will refresh t o show
t he newly accelerat ed syst em configurat ion.

* I nt el will updat e t he new version RST driver in t he near fut ure. For t he new version RST
driver, please check our websit e for t he lat est inform at ion: ht t p: / / www.asrock.com
* Before you use RST funct ion, you j ust need t o set t he UEFI opt ion SATA Mode t o [ RAI D
Mode] . I t is not necessary t o build RAI D 0 or RAI D 1 in RAI D ROM.

Ena bling I nt e l Sm a r t Re sponse Te ch n ology Se t u p t h r ou gh RST GUI :

1.

Open RST GUI , eit her double- click on

t ray icon or open t hrough St art m enu.

Click on Enable Accelerat ion but t on on

front panel.

2.
Select opt ions for your personal
preferences:
20GB or Full Disk Capacit y for Cache
Volum e.
Select which disk/ volum e you w ant t o
Accelerat e.
Enhanced or Maxim ized Mode.
Click OK but t on.

3.

Your GUI window will now change t o

look like t his.
The Syst em View area ( Green) now
show s t he SSD broken up as a Cache
Volum e and t he spare capacit y volum e
( Yellow) if applicable.
Also, t he Accelerat ed disk now has an
Accelerat ed label and icon ( Blue) .
Reboot t he syst em and cache set up is
com plet e.

D isa bling I nt e l Sm a r t Re sponse Te chnology Se t u p t h r ough RST GUI :

1.

Open RST GUI and click on t he

Accelerat e t ab.
Click on t he Disable Accelerat ion
but t on.

2.

A pop- up window will appear, click

Yes RST Cache is now DI SABLED.

Sm art Response Technology is now DI SABLED and all dat a is guarant eed t o be w rit t en t o t he
HDD. This could t ake a few seconds or even a few m inut es depending on how m uch m odified
dat a t here was.

Re se t t in g SSD t o Ava ila ble :

1.

The Accelerat e t ab window will now

look like t his. Not e t hat t he SSD is st ill
divided int o a Cache and Spare Cap
Volum e.
To reset SSD t o a non- Cache- disk st at e,
Click t he Reset t o Available but t on
( Orange) . Reset t ing SSD t o Available .

WARNI NG!
Reset t ing SSD t o Available will delet e all dat a on t he Spare Capacit y Volum e!

The SSD is now reset t o Available.

The SSD can now be used as a norm al st orage device, or you can also re- enable Accelerat ion
t hrough t he norm al enable process.