Installing Intel Optane ™ Memory And Storage Management - Gigabyte Z590 AORUS XTREME WB User Manual

3-3 Installing Intel
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 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.
Optane Memory and Storage Management
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Step 1:
After entering the operating system, insert the AORUS USB flash
drive into your computer. On the Xpress Install screen, select
Intel Rapid Storage Technology to install and follow the on-
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screen instructions to complete the installation. When completed,
restart the system.
Step 2:
After you install the included motherboard drivers, make sure your
Internet connection works properly. The system will automatically
install the software from Intel
is installed.
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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. Restart the system after the 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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Configuring a RAID Set
Memory.
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