Gigabyte Z490M - 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.
6. The motherboard driver disc
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. 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 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 Intel
®
RAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateR AID/
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. ThenbrowsetotheUSBashdriveandselect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(R) Chipset SATA/PCIe RST Premium Controller and click Next
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
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