Installing An Intel ® Optane ™ Memory - Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME 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.
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 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
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to continue. When completed, restart the system.
Step 3:
Launch the Intel Optane Memory application from the
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Start menu and make sure the Intel
been enabled. (The SATA controller mode is changed to
"Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration"
from AHCI mode. DO NOT change your SATA controller
mode back to AHCI. Doing so will cause the Optane
memory unable to function properly.)
(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, follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the settings, and then the Intel
Optane
you install more than one Optane
which one you are going to use. Then select which drive to be
accelerated. Click Enable. All data on the Optane
be erased. Make sure you back up the data before continuing.
Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed. When completed,
restart the system.
Step 4:
If you want to accelerate the system drive, you can select
Optane Memory has specific folders, files, or applications to accelerate using the
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Intel
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memory used must have at least 32 GB capacity.)
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Rapid Storage Technology utility installed, you have to remove it first
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Memory application will appear automatically. If
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memory, please select
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Optane Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
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memory will
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