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No accelerate Option in RST - tried many things

KAmer
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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to sut up intel RST on my system. I want to use my spare 64GB plextor ssd to accelarate my second HDD. I use this HDD to store my games but I want faster loading times. I have secured the SSD i want to use as cache, the BIOS was already in RAID mode but i don't see the "accelarate" option anywhere. RST sees my SSD.

I have tried to look online and I've tried these solutions:

- Shrinking the OS by 200-300MB

- Shrinking the drive that I want to accelarate by 200-300MB

- Made sure the BIOS was in RAID mode (it is)

- Tried to use the cache SSD formatted and unformatted (unallocated)

- Tried to acces this feature by pressing ctrl-i when booting, the only option i have there is creating RAID-disks

- Tried making the disk I want to use as cache a hibernation partition

- Tried to follow this guide: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248828/how_to_set_up_intel_smart_response_ssd_caching_technology.html How to Set Up Intel Smart Response SSD Caching Technology | PCWorld

- Updated the BIOS to latest version

- Updated all chipset drivers

None of these solutions worked and i'm stumped...

Some more pictures to help:

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Anonymous
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Hi Purraxxus,

This feature is only available is your motherboard manufacturer allows it.

Go to Manage tab and select Suppress SMART event, the Accelerate tab will show up.

Regards,

 

Mike C
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KAmer
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Thanks for the answer, but the option to surpress SMART event is not there.

The image below is the same for all 3 drives (apart from the name, location,...).

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KAmer
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I was notified by alienware that the accelerate function is not supported on my system. So yeah, bummer...

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Anonymous
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Hi Purraxxus,

Thank you for your feedback; I regret any inconvenience.

Regards,

 

Mike C
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