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    How to format U310 SSD to enable HD acceleration?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by brianfast, Sep 13, 2012.

  1. brianfast

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    Hi, I recently had to reformat the Lenovo U310 Hard drives. I used One Key Recovery to reinstall the operating system.

    When I tried to reenable the SSD caching feature using the Intel Rapid Start Technology tool, the tool didn't indicate that the hard drive was being accellerated again.

    When I went into the BIOS to check for problems under the Intel Rapid Start Technology section I see "iRST Status Invalid".

    It seems like Lenovo has decieded not to implement Intels technology to spec, and to do its own proprietary implementation. The problem is, there is no way for the user to repartition the SSD! So you have to pay lenovo 90 dollars to buy the factory image...

    This is an outrage to me, when I see features advertised like using the SSD to accellerate the main hard drive I assume this is something that can easily be enabled by the user.

    I really hope Lenovo provides a free way of setting up the SSD, otherwise I will never buy Lenovo again. I advise anyone to avoid purchasing this Laptop unless you are comfortable paying 90 dollars just to reset your machine to its advertised features...

    If anyone can help me with this problem it is greatly appreciated.
     
    brianfast, Sep 13, 2012
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