Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X [42/48] Memory

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X [42/48] 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 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. 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. If you install more than one Optane
memory,
please select which one you are going to use. Then select which drive to be accelerated. 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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. 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 Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and
continue the OS installation.
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