Gigabyte Z390 D User Manual - Page 41

Installing the 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 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 flash drive and select the location of the driver. The location of the driver is as follows: \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 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 configured 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. 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 specific folders, files, 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 first before installing the Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System Acceleration application. - 41 -