Trying to set up a raid for smart : not letting me use all the space

[Valamyr]

GA-z68x-ud3h-b3 motherboard

Trying to set up a 500gb disk as my system disk and a 64gb SSD disk in a raid to use Smart response later on.

Thing is, when I start the Bios raid option (Intel rapid storage technology) and pick these drives, or any combo of drives that includes the SSD, im only allowed to make it 119.2gb MAX.

During the windows installation, it doesnt even show the balance of 350ish gb as unallocated space. Whats going on here? Should I just live with it? Any way to create a partition out of the reminder later, and if so, would it benefit from Accelaration too?

Thanks for the help.

[Valamyr]

Obviously if 119gb is the max I can accelerate, I'll just install the OS on the SSD and screw Smart response...

Installing Windows 7 right now on a 119gb raid, hope I'll both be able to create a partition out of the reminder in Disk Management, and accelerate both of them .. If so, Ill be happy as it would be perfect size for a Games partition. But I dont usually get this lucky. Still dont understand why the BIOS would only let me allocate 119 out of 500 to the raid.

[LarkStarr]

set up smart response in windows, you're actually setting up a proper RAID ( number of drives * your smallest drive, so 2x64 = 128) - you're not setting up smart response.

you don't raid up smart response

[Valamyr]

Originally Posted by LarkStarr

set up smart response in windows, you're actually setting up a proper RAID ( number of drives * your smallest drive, so 2x64 = 128) - you're not setting up smart response.

you don't raid up smart response

Doh. I must have misunderstood the instructions.

Step-by-step guide to setting up SSD caching on Z68

>> 2) Enter BIOS, change HD mode to RAID

So I just enable the menu letting me set up raids, but dont actually create one?

Looks like I gotta redo this haha

[LarkStarr]

you got it tiger.