Gigabyte Q370M D3H GSM PLUS - Installing an Intel Optane Memory

Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI 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SATARAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAID/
AHCIdriverduringtheWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommend
thatyouinstallallrequireddriversfromthemotherboarddriverdiskusing"XpressInstall"toensuresystem
performance and compatibility. If the operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA
RAID/AHCIdriverduringtheOSinstallationprocess,pleaserefertothestepsbelow:
1. Copy the IRST folder under \Boot in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
2. BootfromtheWindowssetupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
3. Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are
as follows:
\iRST\f6py-x64
4. Whenascreenasshown,selectIntel Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and
continue the OS installation.
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andmusthaveWindows
1064-bit(orlaterversion)installedonit.(MustbeformattedforGPTpartition.)
5. The motherboard driver disk
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, insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive. On the Xpress
Install screen, select Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System Acceleration
(Note)
to install. Follow the on-screen
instructions to continue. The system will auto-restart.
2. After re-entering the operating system, the dialog box as shown above will appear. Click Yes to continue the
installation and then restart the system.
3. LaunchtheIntel(R)OptaneMemoryapplicationfromtheStartmenu.AmessagewhichsaysIntel
®
Optane
™
Memory is disabled will appear on the main screen. Click Enable to activate the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
and restart the system again.
4. LaunchtheIntel(R) 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 prevent Intel
®
Optane
™
memoryfromfunctioningproperly.)
(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.
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