Gigabyte B460 AORUS PRO AC - Installing Intel Optane Memory

3-2 Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
System Requirements
1. Intel
®
Optane
™
memory
2. The Optane
™
memory must have at least 16 GB capacity, and it must have equal or smaller capacity than
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 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.
Installation Guidelines
A-1: Installation in AHCI mode
IftheSATAcontrollerhasbeenconguredinAHCImode,pleasefollowthestepsbelow:
1. After entering the operating system, launching the GIGABYTE APP Center. On the "Not Installed\New
Drivers" screen, select Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System Acceleration
(Note)
to install. Follow the
on-screen instructions to continue. When completed, restart the system.
2. After re-entering the operating system, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the settings, and then
the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory application will appear automatically. Click Enable. All data on the Optane
™
memory will be erased. Make sure you back up the data before continuing. Follow the on-screen instructions
to proceed. When completed, restart the system.
3. Launch the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory application from the Start menu and make sure the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory has 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.)
4. Ifyouwanttoacceleratethesystemdrive,youcanselectspecicfolders,les,orapplicationstoaccelerate
using the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
™
memory used must have at least 32 GB
capacity.)
(Note) If the system already has Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology utility installed, you have to remove it
rstbeforeinstallingtheIntel(R)Optane(TM)MemorySystemAccelerationapplication.
Install the RAID driver and operating system
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing the Operating System
As some operating systems already include RAID driver, you do not need to install separate RAID driver
during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you
install all required drivers from the GIGABYTE APP Center to ensure system performance and compatibility.
If the operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA RAID driver during the OS
installation process, please refer to the steps below:
1. Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA
Preinstall driverleontheSupport\Download\SATA RAID/AHCIpage,unziptheleandcopytheles
to your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows setup disc and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
3. ThenbrowsetotheUSBashdriveandselectthelocationofthedriver.SelectIntel(R) Chipset SATA/
PCIe RST Premium Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
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