How to Configure, Install, and Manage Intel® Optane™ Memory Before Installing Windows® 10 (Advanced)

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Content Type Install & Setup

Article ID 000023853

Last Reviewed 02/01/2020

The video below shows you how to set up and configure Intel® Optane™ memory before you install the Windows® 10 operating system. You can also review the steps in the installation guide.

Includes system BIOS settings required and how-to steps for a properly configured system:

Install the Intel Optane Memory application (7:05)
Enable Intel Optane Memory for system acceleration (7:52)
Disable Intel Optane Memory for system acceleration (10:14)

Note

Secondary/Data drive acceleration:

With the latest Intel Optane memory supported applications the following are also supported:
- The Intel® SSD 6 Series built on Intel® QLC 3D NAND drives can be accelerated (Version 17.5.2.1024 or later), no other PCIe* NVMe* drives are supported for acceleration.
- The Secondary/Data drive can be accelerated with Intel Optane memory modules (version 16.x or later). See Software and Platform Support for Intel® Optane™ Memory for complete details on which Processor/Chipsets support this capability.
An update to the System BIOS may be required to upgrade the Intel® RST Pre-OS UEFI Driver version to 16.x or later. Consult your motherboard vendor for the proper system BIOS version for this support.
All additional system requirements and BIOS settings are the same as noted in the video above.
Find more information on Secondary/Data SATA Drive Acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory.