Gigabyte X299 UD4 Pro - Installing Intel Optane Memory

Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing Windows
As some operating systems already include Intel
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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 location of the driver is 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: Insllation in AHCI mode
IftheSATAcontrollerhasbeenconguredinAHCImode,pleaseinstalltheOptane
™
memory in the M2Q_32G
or M2P_32G connector and 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 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. (If you install more than one Optane
™
memory, please select which one you
are going to use).
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
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RapidStorageTechnologyutilityinstalled,youhavetoremoveitrst
beforeinstallingtheIntel(R)OptaneMemoryapplication.
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