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Enabling Intel® Optane™ Technology, Optane

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Installing 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® SATA 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 locations of the drivers are as follows: Windows 32-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x86 Windows 64-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-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 Enabling Intel® Optane™ Technology System Requirements 1. Intel® Optane™ SSD 2. The Optane™ SSD 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 accelerated hard drive/SSD cannot be included in a RAID array Step 1: In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set CSM Support to Enabled and Storage Boot Option Control to UEFI. Then go to Peripherals\SATA And RST Configuration, set SATA Mode Selection to Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. Step 2: Enter the operating system, launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu, and then enable Intel® Optane™ Technology. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array. - 43 -

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Installing 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
®
SATA 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 locations of the drivers are
as follows:
Windows 32-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x86
Windows 64-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-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.
Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array.
3-2
Enabling Intel
®
Optane
™
Technology
System Requirements
1. Intel
®
Optane
™
SSD
2. The Optane
™
SSD 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 accelerated hard drive/SSD cannot be included in a RAID array
Step 1:
In BIOS Setup, go to
BIOS
and set
CSM Support
to
Enabled
and
Storage Boot Option Control
to
UEFI
. Then
go to
Peripherals\SATAAnd RST Configuration
, set
SATA Mode Selection
to
Intel RST Premium With Intel
Optane System Acceleration
. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
Step 2:
Enter the operating system, launch the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu, and then
enable Intel
®
Optane
™
Technology.
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