Y480 - Enabling Acceleration In Intel Rapid Storage Technology

[ankhwatcher]

Hi,

I have a Y480 and I have added an mSata drive in order to use caching to boost performance. The drive is working fine, but I can't figure out how to enable caching in Intel RST.

I think I need to enable RAID in the bios to use RST, but I can't find the option anywhere.

Please Help.

Thanks,

ANkh

[countrywise · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

this link may provide some useful info.

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-032826.htm

Also this may help you even further,by asking any questions you may have.

 http://communities.intel.com/community/tech

See what you think.

Good luck

[ankhwatcher]

Hi Countrywise,

That's a great resource, thank you.

You wouldn't happen to know how to turn the SATA chipset in the Y480 bios to RAID mode, would you?

Thanks,

ANkh

[countrywise]

See if you can get the info you need here

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-020811.htm

Hope it helps

[ankhwatcher]

 When I look in my BIOS configuration I only see this:

BIOS Screenshot

Is there a way to access an advanced bios?

[matrixleader]

Could it be that you need to have RapidDrive Installed?

[ankhwatcher]

RapidDrive sounds interesting, but it didn't come pre-installed on my laptop. Where would I get it from?

[matrixleader]

RapidDrive v1.0.0.7

[matrixleader]

Pls lemme know how it goes, I have never used it but have heard that's what you need to get the mSATA to cache properly.

Please use it carefully

[ankhwatcher]

Well I imaged the laptop, and installed the RapidDrive tool. I can't see any sign of RapidDrive on the laptop after installation.

How do you use it normally?