MSI Intel® Optane™ Memory Installation Guide

Intel® Optane™ Memory Installation Guide

Contents

System Requirements .......................................................................................... 2

Installing the Intel

Removing the Intel

Optane™ memory ................................................................. 2

Optane™ memory ................................................................ 4

Intel® Optane™ Memory Installation Guide

System Requirements

y Intel® Optane™ memory ready MSI® motherboards y Supported 7th Gen, or later, Intel y System BIOS that supports the Intel

later driver

y Operating system: Windows 10 64 bit (UEFI mode).

y Intel

Optane™ Memory Module

Core™ - i Processor

Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) 15.5 or

1. Update BIOS.

• Download the latest BIOS file that matches your motherboard model from MSI

website.

• Extract and copy the files into the USB flash drive.

• Power on and press Delete key to enter BIOS Setup menu.

• Insert the USB flash drive that contains the BIOS file into the USB port.

• Select the M-FLASH tab and click on Yes to reboot the system and enter the

flash mode.

• Select the BIOS file to update BIOS.

• After completing the updating process, the system will reboot automatically.

2. Install the Intel

• Power off the system.

• Refer to the User Guide of your motherboard for location to install your Intel

Optane™ memory module.

• Install the Intel

Optane™ memory module.

Optane™ memory module into the M.2 slot.

3. Enable M.2/Optane Genie

• Power on and press Delete key to enter BIOS Setup menu.

• Enable M.2/Optane Genie by clicking the M.2/Optane Genie item.

• Click Ok in the dialog.

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