Asus E8530 User Guide

Setting up your SSD as a cache device

A. Setting the SATA mode to RAID

1.On Windows® 8 bootup, press <Del> or <F2> on your keyboard to enter the BIOS Setup program.

2.Press <F7> on your keyboard and click OK to enter the Advanced Mode screen.

3.From the Advanced Mode screen, click

Advanced > SATA Configuration.

4.From the SATAConfiguration screen, click SATA Mode Selection, then select RAID.

5.Press <F10> on your keyboard and click Yes to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup program.

E8530 / First Edition / July 2013

B. Creating a partition on your SSD

1.On your keyboard, press and <D> to launch the Windows® 8 desktop.

2.Right-click Computer and click Manage to launch the Computer Management screen.

3.Click Disk Management to show the disks’ details.

4.Right-click on the disk with 32GB or 64GB capacity and select Delete Volume.

5.Click Yes to confirm the volume deletion. The SSD volume displays the status Unallocated.