Installing Intel Optane ™ Memory And Storage Management; Enabling An Intel ® Optane ™ Memory - Gigabyte Z590 Series Manual

Installing Intel Optane
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A. Enabling an Intel Optane
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A-1. System Requirements
1. Intel Optane memory
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2. The Optane memory must have at least 16 GB capacity, and it must have equal or smaller capacity than
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the hard drive/SSD to be accelerated.
3. The Optane memory cannot be used to accelerate an existing RAID array; the accelerated hard drive/SSD
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cannot be included in a RAID array.
4. The hard drive/SSD to be accelerated must be a SATA hard drive or M.2 SATA SSD.
5. The hard drive/SSD to be accelerated can be a system drive or data drive. The system drive must be GPT formatted
and have Windows 10 64-bit (or later version) installed on it. The data drive must also be GPT formatted.
6. The motherboard driver disc.
7. The SATA controller must set in Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration mode.
A-2. Installation Guidelines
Step 1:
Go to Settings\IO Ports\SATA And RST Configuration
and make sure RST Control PCIe Storage Devices
is set to Manual. Then depending on which M.2
connector you install the Optane
corresponding PCIe Storage Dev on Port XX item to
RST Controlled.
Memory and Storage Management
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After entering the operating system, make sure your Internet
connection works properly.
Method 1:
Insert the motherboard driver disc into your optical drive. On the
Xpress Install screen, select Intel
to install and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation. When completed, restart the system.
Method 2:
Launch the GIGABYTE APP Center. On the "Not Installed\New
Drivers" screen, select Intel
to install. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue. When
completed, restart the system.
Memory
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Step 2:
After re-entering the operating system, launch the
Intel
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application from the Start menu. If you install more
memory in, set the than one Optane
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you are going to use. Then select which drive to be
accelerated. Click Enable Intel
All data on the Optane
sure you back up the data before continuing. Follow the
on-screen instructions to proceed. When completed,
restart the system.
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Rapid Storage Technology
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Rapid Storage Technology driver
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Optane Memory and Storage Management
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memory, please select which one
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Optane
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memory will be erased. Make
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Memory.
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