I also have the iSSD version of this board....... but I have not installed the OS yet, because I am confused as well.
Unfortunately, the manual seldom mentions the 20 GB iSSD, nor how to configure the board/bios/OS to make use of it.
...and the
Intel Smart Response installation guide only describes the implementation of RAID when using an SSD along with an additional HDD.
Installing a conventional SATA hard disk and a solid-state drive (SSD):
1) Besides the conventional SATA disk, you also need an SSD to make it work as a cache of the hard disk.
(with cache choices being 18.6 GB, or max of 64 GB)
(hence, the above poster being only able to see 37 GB ...18.6 +18.6 = 37 GB in a raid configuration, seen as "one" drive.)
So this leads us relative newbies to believe that "RAID" needs to be selected in the BIOS setup ....and that is where I am confused.
If it is the case that we do NOT want to setup a raid configuration, but DO want to use AHCI, then how does the on-board 20 GB iSSD come into play ?
....and how do we set that up ?
...and how does iSRT come into play, if at all ?
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