4 windows, Vista feature, 1 asap – Asus M2N32-SLI Premium VISTA Edition User Manual

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ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition

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5.4

Windows

®

Vista feature

5.4.1

ASAP

(ASUS Accelerated Propeller)

This motherboard is equipped with the ASUS Accelerated Propeller (ASAP)

feature. ASAP supports the Windows

®

ReadyBoost

technology that improves

system performance under Windows

®

Vista. Refer to page 1-9 for the OS that

supports ASAP.

Before activating ASAP, install the ASAP utility from the bundled support DVD.

• When you see the existing partition for ASAP, we advise you not to delete

this partition that supports the ReadyBoost

function. If you delete this

partition by accident, you may recreate it by:

Clicking Start from the Windows

®

Vista desktop. Right-click on Computer

and select Manage. Click Disk Management and right-click on the ASAP

drive. Select Format > OK. OR

Going to Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance >

Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.

Right-click on the ASAP drive, and select Format > OK.

• If you accidentally remove the ASAP device from Windows

®

Vista, you may

re-activate it by rebooting your computer.

• If you want to reinstall an operating system, uninstall the ASAP utility first.

To activate ASAP:

1. From the Windows

®

Vista desktop,

click

Start > Computer.

2. Right-click on the USB Removable

Storage device (ASAP), and select

Properties.

3. Click the

ReadyBoost tab. A dialog

box appears.

4. Check

Use this device, and then

move the slider to determine the

amount of space researved for

ReadyBoost

cache.

5. Click

OK to effect the settings.

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