Asus Z87M-PLUS Z87M-PLUS User's Manual - Page 146

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5. If your SSD is not initialized: a. Right-click the disk that you to partition then select Initialize. b. Right-click the unallocated volume then select New Simple Volume. c. When the New Simple Wizard appears, click Next to proceed to a series of screens to specify volume size, assign drive path and format partition. d. Click Finish. If your SSD is smaller than 64GB and is set to Full disk capacity caching option for Intel® Smart Response, you cannot see the volume in the Disk Management window. Ensure to set your cache memory value of 18.6GB (minimum cache size) in Intel® Smart Response to allow enough capacity for the Intel® Rapid Start partition. 6. Key in the required partition size then click Shrink. The partition size must be equal to the size of your system memory (DRAM size). 7. From your desktop, click Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System and check the DRAM size information. The unallocated volume is assigned to the selected disk. Chapter 6 6-6 Chapter 6: Intel® technologies

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Chapter 6: Intel
®
technologies
Chapter 6
c.
When the New Simple Wizard appears, click
Next
to proceed to a series of
screens to specify volume size, assign drive path and format partition.
d.
Click
Finish
.
If your SSD is smaller than 64GB and is set to
Full disk capacity
caching option for Intel
®
Smart Response, you cannot see the volume in the Disk Management window. Ensure to
set your cache memory value of
18.6GB
(minimum cache size) in Intel
®
Smart Response
to allow enough capacity for the Intel
®
Rapid Start partition.
6.
Key in the required partition
size then click
Shrink
.
The partition size must
be equal to the size of
your system memory
(DRAM size).
5.
If your SSD is not initialized:
a.
Right-click the disk that you to partition then select
Initialize
.
b.
Right-click the unallocated
volume then select
New
Simple Volume
.
7.
From your desktop, click
Start
>
Control Panel
>
System and Security
>
System
and check the
DRAM size information.
The unallocated volume is
assigned to the selected
disk.