MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Manual

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 ■Delete RAID Volume 
Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data o\
n RAID 
drives will be lost. 
 Important
If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in\
 the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will become un-bootable.
Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume  from the main menu screen and press 
 key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press  ke\
y to 
delete the selected RAID volume. The following screen appears.
[...

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 ■Reset Disks to Non-RAID 
Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press  to delete the \
RAID 
volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following scr\
een  
appears:
DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION[                                                ]
4.       Recovery Volume  Options
4.       Recovery Volume  Options
5.       Exit
RAID  Volumes :
None  defined.
Physical  Devices :
Port  Device  Model                 Serial  #                                                  Size...

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 ■Recovery Volume Options 
Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press  to change reco\
very 
volume mode. The following screen appears:
[                                              ]RECOVERY VOLUME OPTIONS
[             ]HELP
Enable  Only  Recovery  Disk - enables  recovery  disk  if  available  a\
nd disables  master  disk.
Enable  Only  Master  Disk - enables  master  disk  if  available  and disables  recovery  disk.
Actions  will  result  in  change  from  Continuous  Update  mode  to...

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Degraded RAID Array
A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of i\
ts hard 
drive members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring i\
s lost. As a 
result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To 
re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the pr\
ocedure below 
that corresponds to the current situation.
Missing Hard Drive Member
1. Make sure the system is powered off. 
2.  Reconnect the hard drive....

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5. Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to Windows system.
6.  When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click ‘Yes’.
7.  The Intel Rapid Storage Technology application will be launched. Right-c\
lick 
the new hard drive and select ‘Rebuild to this Disk’. The ‘Rebuild Wizard’ will be 
launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the n\
ew hard 
drive.
Appendix B 
Intel RAID  

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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. Th\
e SSD 
cache  with the advantages of high-speed read/write and non-volatile mem\
ory to 
accelerate the system performance.
 Important
Check your SSD manufacturer's website, upgrade firmware in order to support Intel® 
Rapid Storage Technology.
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology can only work with RAID mode. Even...

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9. Run Intel Rapid Storage Technology application.
10.  Click "Enable acceleration" under Accelerate tab.
Click here
11. Select the acceleration options.
12. Click OK and reboot the system.
The page refreshes and reports the new acceleration configuration in the Acceleration 
View.
 Important
You can click “More help on this page” or "More help" of the Intel\
® Rapid Storage 
Technology application to view more information.
Appendix B 
Intel RAID  

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RST Synchronization (optional)
If you are using Maximized mode as the Acceleration mode, the data on the hard disk 
is not always synchronized with the data in the SSD cache. In some situations, you 
may want to manually sync the disks for avoiding data loss.
Follow these steps to sync manually.
1. Reboot system, during the Power-On Self Test (POST) press, press  and 
 keys simultaneously to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Opti\
on ROM.
2.  Select option 5 “Acceleration Options” and press...

Appendix C
Intel SBA (optional)
Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA) provides an out-of-the-box 
hardware-based security and productivity suite designed for the small 
business user. Intel SBA includes a customizable user interface and several 
bundled Intel applications. 

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Prerequisites
 ■Supported Operating Systems
Intel SBA supports following OS:   
■ Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit
 
■ Windows 8 32bit/ 64bit
 
■ Windows 8.1 32bit/ 64bit
 
■Required User Permissions
You must run the installer and the customization wizard with a user that has local 
administrator permissions on the computer.  
■Windows Update Settings
In certain conditions, the 
Windows Update  task in the PC Health Center application is 
disabled and cannot be enabled. This can occur if Intel SBA is...