Problems with Intel SRT (z87)

Thahleel

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I'm having problems setting up Intel Smart Response Technology. My setup:

Asrock Extreme4 z87 Mobo
Seagate 2TB HDD (What I want to accelerate)
Sandisk 120GB SSD (The Caching Drive)

I set the SATA mode in the BIOS to RAID mode and installed Windows 8.1 on the HDD. Then after install I plugged in the SSD and installed Intel Rapid Storage Technology.

It doesn't pick up my SSD and the Accelerate tab is missing (Shown)

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Where the ATAPI drive is obviously my DVD Drive

Both drives are detected on Disk Management (Shown)

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From what I'm aware Intel SRT is supported on Z87 motherboards so I don't really understand why it's not working. I attempted a fix someone else suggested, creating 200MB of unallocated space on the HDD but this had no results.

Update, here is a picture of the BIOS incase it helps:

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Solution
I just noticed that both the SSD and HDD are on the Asmedia controller and thats on AHCI so I'm going to move the drives to the normal SATA Controller.

Thahleel

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I just noticed that both the SSD and HDD are on the Asmedia controller and thats on AHCI so I'm going to move the drives to the normal SATA Controller.
 
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