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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
®
Vista ReadyBoost
™
function that improves
system performance under Windows
®
Vista. Refer to page 1-9 for the OS that
supports this feature.
Before activating ASAP, install the ASAP utility from the bundled support CD.
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. The
following 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.
• 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 rst.
