Intel Smart Response Technology - 'damage your SSD'

[Retired]

I have assembled a new PC, which include the Maximus IV Gene-Z motherboard and an OCZ SSD Agility 3. But I get a little concerned when I see the manual for the motherboard, the chapter dealing with Intel Smart Response Technology reads:

Ensure to select Disable Acceleration before removing or replacing the SSD. Failing to do so might damage your SSD.

Ensure to select Disable Acceleration before you update drivers or BIOS. Failing to do so might damage your SSD.

Uh, how on earth can I destroy an SSD by just update a driver?? It makes no sense for me.

[Retired]

You will not but you will break the raid set up it becomes and need redo it all!

Also depends what mode your using!

[Spathi]

They mean damage your data on the SSD. You would lose sector zero so the SSD would lose all data and the HDD would be very corrupt. Funny wording I agree.

[Retired]

Thanks for the help guys. I have downloaded a new manual to my motherboard, and now ASUS have completely rewritten the lines about the Intel Smart Response Technology, so now it's give much more sense. 🙂

The HHD could only get corrupt if I run it in Maximized mode, and not Enhanced mode, right?

[Spathi]

Correct. Won't get physically damaged though, you would just have to reformat and start again.

If you have a NAS and image the drive as a backup then using the fastest mode with SSD write caching would be more fun.

The alternative is to run windows on the SSD and put games/large folders on the HDD and use memory caching like eBoostr or a Momentus XT(s) or both.