Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH User Manual - Page 99

EZ Rapid Start, A. System Requirements, B. Using EZ Rapid Start, Create, Delete

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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. - 99 - Unique Features

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Unique Features
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.