Intel SSD Caching "Smart Response/SRT" Error

Operating Systems & Open Source Windows
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The system in question: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, MSI Z87M-G43, i5-4440, 16GB DDR3, 2TB Seagate Barracuda (OS drive), 60GB Kingdian SSD (just put this in).

Error I'm getting, when I hit OK to enable the acceleration:

What my Intel settings look like:

How I got to this point:

  1. Install intel RST
  2. Shut down and switch from AHCI to RAID in BIOS.
  3. Boot in safe mode so it loads RAID driver instead of AHCI driver.
  4. Boot back into Windows 10 normally.
  5. Now I see Enable acceleration button, but when I try to configure it, I get that error. Of course, the "more help" link is useless.

I am unwilling to reinstall the OS, though Intel's documentation and everything else it's recommended to start off with BIOS in RAID mode before OS installation but I honestly don't see how this matters since I am now running in RAID mode (or else I would not see Enable acceleration button in Intel RST software, and device manager shows RAID as well.

Thanks for any input.

2

Read a few threads that people have tried disabling their antivirus and it worked out for them. And I'm going to assume you are not using a 3rd party raid card.

3

disabling Windows Defender didn't help. Yes, all drives are connected directly to the motherboard.

4

So, it looks like it's a combination of my lack of focus and MSI's website. I had downloaded the latest version of Intel RST from them which was 14.5.something. I decided to check on Intel's site directly and they offered version 14.8.something, and now it's working - after all this BS I sure hope it makes my computer faster!