Installing An Intel ® Optane ™ Memory - Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 User Manual

3-3 Installing an Intel
A. 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 and must have Windows
10 64-bit (or later version) installed on it. (Must be formatted for GPT partition.)
5. The motherboard driver disk
B. Installation Guidelines
B-1: Installation in AHCI mode
If the SATA controller has been configured in AHCI mode, please follow the steps below:
Step 1:
After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard
driver disk into your optical drive. On the Xpress Install
screen, select Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System
Acceleration
to install. Follow the on-screen instructions
(Note)
to continue. The system will auto-restart.
Step 3:
Launch the Intel(R) Optane Memory application from
the Start menu. A message which says Intel
Memory is disabled will appear on the main screen. Click
Enable to activate the Intel Optane
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the system again.
(Note) If the system already has Intel
before installing the Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System Acceleration application.
Configuring a RAID Set
Optane Memory
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Step 2:
After re-entering the operating system, the dialog box
as shown above will appear. Click Yes to continue the
installation and then restart the system.
Step 4:
Launch the Intel(R) Optane Memory application from the
Start menu and make sure the Intel
Optane
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been enabled. (The SATA controller mode is changed to Intel
Memory and restart RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration from
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AHCI mode. DO NOT change your SATA controller mode
back to AHCI. Doing so will prevent Intel
from functioning properly.
Rapid Storage Technology utility installed, you have to remove it first
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Optane Memory has
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Optane memory
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