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This seems like some problem with this Rapid Storage Utility installer. Possibly you have got some corrupted/incorrect version? It is quite suspicious that it works OK on HDD installation though. Please try this one...

Great! Enjoy your SSD caching :)

This driver is old, it does not support SRT. Get the proper 'floppy' driver from MB manufacturer page. I could not find the latest version of storage driver on Intel site as well (it seems that for some reason Intel stopped updating RST drivers on their site...) You need 10.5.0.1026 (or very...

You have to provide Windows installer with Intel storage driver on USB stick.

I am talking particularly about Asrock Z68 Pro3 motherboard. Z68 chipset itself is obviously better than p67, but this specific Asrock MB is pretty badly designed comparing to Asus P8P67. It has got this low-budget feeling. 1. MB is smaller (narrower) than usual ATX, it means that on the right...

You always lose TRIM on SSD if you do any kind of RAID on it (including cache/data partition). TRIM works on device level and when you use SSD as a part of RAID volume, direct access to the device from the OS is not possible any more. Personaly, I am not concerned about lack of TRIM, as my SSD...

Great news! Yes, 1027 version seems to be the latest one - this is the one I use on my Z68 Pro3.

Yes, that could be problematic :( Do you use 64 bit version of Windows? Also, is it running in UEFI or old BIOS mode?

Intel tool displays RAID 0, but this data volume is not a 'real' RAID 0 (it is not RAID at all). RAID 0 means data striping (with no redundancy) across multiple disks - here you have got only one physical disk so no 'normal' striping can take place. Intel just uses this name for data volume on...

This: http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4329/37584.png Performance of plain SSD is superior to cached HDD (even in maximized mode). Since (as you mentioned many times) OS is the most used program, it would make sense to keep it on the fastest possible medium. I would like to make OS and...

Thanks for confirming that SRT does not work on matrix raid. However, it works very well on 'normal' RAID volumes, here: http://imageshack.us/f/641/testsrq.png/

Please stop. You clearly have no clue what are you talking about and just confusing people. I got one 96GB SSD and 1TB HDD and got following options: 1. Install OS on the HDD, then configure SRT to use 64GB of SSD as cache. Rest of the space will create additional volume which would identify...

Sorry, but I give up at this point. I really think that I explained everything as clearly as possible. You are either trolling and having fun or smoking a good stuff. End of conversation from my side.

No, because this is not possible. Once you install OS on SSD, Intel RST can't touch it and initialize cache volume on this SSD. Simple.

Please: 1. Get a clean SSD drive (no RAID/cache configured whatsoever) 2. Install Windows on it 3. Try to configure SRT cache on the same SSD Then you will understand what is my point.