XMG PRO 17 - Intel Rapid Storage Technology; IRST Driver Installation

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Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology application provides high-performance
AHCI and RAID/Intel® Optane™ system capabilities. Install the Intel Rapid
Storage Technology application (after installing all necessary drivers in the correct
order) to support your RAID/Intel® Optane™ system or SATA drive if set up in
AHCI mode in the BIOS (see “SATA Mode (Advanced Menu)” on page 5 - 15).
IRST Driver Installation
1. Insert the Device Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual disc into an attached
DVD drive.
2. Click Option Drivers (button).
3. Click 6.Install IRST Driver > Yes .
4. Click Next > Next.
5. Click in the check box to accept the license and click Next.
6. Click Next > Next > Next.
7. Click Finish to restart the computer.
8. Run the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology app from the Apps screen.
See the following pages for more information if you have set your hard disks up in
a RAID (see page 6 - 58) or Intel® Optane™ (see page 6 - 63) configuration.
After setting the SATA mode to Intel® Optane™ and installing the Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology application, DO NOT uninstall the Intel® Rapid Storage
Technology application.
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IRST and M.2 PCI-e
SSDs
Note that Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology
does not support M.2
SSDs with a PCI-e In-
terface (M.2 SSDs with
a SATA Interface are
supported).