Gigabyte X299-WU8 - Installing an Intel Optane Memory

Conguring a RAID Set
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3-3 Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
A. 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andmusthaveWindows1064-bit(orlater
version)installedonit.(MustbeformattedforGPTpartition.)
5. The motherboard driver disk
B. Installation Guidelines
B-1: Installation in AHCI mode
IftheSATAcontrollerhasbeenconguredinAHCImode,pleasefollowthestepsbelow:
(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.
Step 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. When completed, restart the system.
Step 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.
Step 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. 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.
Step 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fromAHCImode.DONOTchangeyourSATA
controller mode back to AHCI. Doing so will prevent Intel
®
Optane
™
memory from functioning properly.