MSI Z97-G43 GAMING User Manual

Appendix B
B-12Intel RAID
System Acceleration (optional)
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology use a SSD as a cache. Which can store frequently
used data without having to use a slow virtual disk or depend on RAM. The SSD
cache with the advantages of high-speed read/write and non-volatile memory to
accelerate the system performance.
Important
Check your SSD manufacturer's website, upgrade 󰘰rmware in order to support Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology.
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology can only work with RAID mode. Even though there is
only one hard drive, you must set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS. The OS must be
installed in the RAID ready disk in order to use the SSD caching.
Follow these steps to enable system acceleration. If Windows has been installed in
RAID mode, skip to the step 5.
Reboot and enter the BIOS steup.
Set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS.
Install Windows operating system.
Insert the MSI Driver DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
Install Intel RAID driver
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Connect the SSD.
Reboot the system to Windows.
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MSI Z97-G43 GAMING Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel Z97
Form Factor	ATX
Socket	LGA 1150
Max Memory	32GB
PCI Express x16	2
PCI Express x1	2
SATA 6Gb/s	6
SATA Express	1
LAN	Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller
Memory Slots	4
Memory Standard	DDR3 1066/1333/1600
M.2	1 x M.2
USB 3.0	4 x USB 3.0
USB 2.0	8 x USB 2.0
Audio	Realtek ALC1150
RAID Support	RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10
Multi-GPU Support	NVIDIA SLI, AMD CrossFire