Dell Inspiron 3482 - Enabling Intel Optane Memory; Disabling Intel Optane Memory

Table 14. Diagnostics
Light pattern Problem description
2,1 CPU failure
2,2 System board: BIOS and ROM failure
2,3 No memory or RAM detected
2,4 Memory or RAM failure
2,5 Invalid memory installed
2,6 System board or chipset error
2,7 LCD failure
3,1 CMOS battery failure
3,2 PCI or video card or chip failure
3,3 Recovery image not found
3,4 Recovery image found but invalid
3,5 Power rail failure
3,6 SBIOS ash corruption
3,7 Timeout waiting on ME to reply to HECI message
Camera status light: Indicates whether the camera is in use.
• Solid white — Camera is in use.
• O — Camera is not in use.
Caps Lock status light: Indicates whether Caps Lock is enabled or disabled.
• Solid white — Caps Lock enabled.
• O — Caps Lock disabled.
Enabling Intel Optane memory
1 On the taskbar, click the search box, and then type Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
2 Click Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology window is displayed.
3 On the Status tab, click Enable to enable the Intel Optane memory.
4 On the warning screen, select a compatible fast drive, and then click Yes to continue enabling Intel Optane memory.
5 Click Intel Optane memory > Reboot to complete enabling your Intel Optane memory.
NOTE
: Applications may take up to three subsequent launches after enablement to see the full performance benets.
Disabling Intel Optane memory
CAUTION
: After disabling Intel Optane memory, do not uninstall the driver for Intel Rapid Storage Technology as it will result in a
blue screen error. The Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface can be removed without uninstalling the driver.
NOTE: Disabling Intel Optane memory is required before removing the SATA storage device accelerated by the Intel Optane
memory module from the computer.
1 On the taskbar, click the search box, and then type Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
2 Click Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology window is displayed.
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