Windows 7 installation wont recognize HDD when installing Intel Rapid Storage Te

You have it setup wrong. Whats going on is you are setting up the RAID0 pre Windows install so its making a 64GB RAID0. In order to use part of the SSD for SSD Caching, you need to install Windows on the SSD then install IRST and setup the SSD caching there, not before Windows is installed.

http://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/intel_sma...

I at least assume thats what you are attempting to do.

I have Windows on a 80GB Intel X25-M and my games and data are on 2 500GB in a RAID0 and have no issues like you are having.

Ahhh.. Got it. The stupid Asus manual ASSUMED installer are running multiple similar HDD's, which I'm not. I was setting up RAID0 on HDD and SDD which was causing the problem. One thing though, according to my manual and the directions yo gave, W7 should be on the HDD and not on the SDD. This is where the caching comes in...it caches the disk since its not physically stored there.

At any rate....it feels good to know the manual was screwed up and not me. Wonder if anyone as these manufacturers read and follow the directions they give in manuals to see it they are giving proper direction. I guess Asus doesn't. Haaaa.

SOLVED and OWNED!!! Thanks because this has been bugging me to death!