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Chapter 3
Appendix
3-1
Installing Intel
Steps:
1. After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disc into your optical drive. On the Xpress
Install screen, select Intel
to complete the installation. When completed, restart the system.
2. After you install the included motherboard drivers, make sure your Internet connection works properly. The
system will automatically install the software from 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/
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SSD 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
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
set the corresponding PCIe Storage Dev on Port XX item to RST Controlled.
2. After re-entering the operating system, launch the Intel
application from the Start menu. If you install more than one Optane
you are going to use. Then select which drive to be accelerated. Click Enable Intel
All data on the Optane
memory will be erased. Make sure you back up the data before continuing. Follow
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the on-screen instructions to proceed. When completed, restart the system.
3. Launch the Intel
Optane
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make sure the Intel
Optane
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4. If you want to accelerate the system drive, you can select specific folders, files, or applications to acceler-
ate using the Intel
Optane
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32 GB capacity.)
• An Optane
memory cannot be used to accelerate an M.2 PCIe SSD.
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• If more than one Optane
your SATA-based boot drive. The other(s) can only be used as data drive(s).
• Do not abruptly remove the Optane
stop functioning correctly.
• If you want to change/remove the Optane
Memory and Storage Management application first.
• After enabling the Optane
update.
Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on enabling an Intel
Optane
Memory and Storage Management
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Rapid Storage Technology to install and follow the on-screen instructions
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. Restart the system after the driver is installed.
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Memory
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Memory and Storage Management application from the Start menu and
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Memory has been enabled.
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Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
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memory is installed, you can select only one of them to accelerate
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memory. Doing so will cause the operating system to
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memory, you must disable it using the Intel
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memory, the related BIOS settings will remain even after a BIOS
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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 used must have at least
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Optane
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memory in,
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Memory.
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Optane
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memory.
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