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Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 760p and Pro 7600p Series 

January 2018 

 

Installation Guide 

337025-001US 

 

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System Requirements 

 

Software 

2.1.1

 

Determining Compatibility 

The information and instructions in this guide apply to Intel® SSD’s that utilize the PCIe* with NVMe* Interface. 
Check that you have the latest instructions and compatibility information before attempting to install the Intel® 
SSD. 

Setting up the NVMe SSD as the boot drive is not supported on every system configuration. Specific requirements 
must be met for a successful boot. To support the required UEFI NVMe driver, your system’s firmware must be 
based on UEFI 2.3.1 or later. For Specific details about UEFI support and NVMe driver support in the OS, please see 
Sections 2.1.2 and 2.1.3.  

If your system was purchased after 2012 or shipped with Windows* 8.1 or Windows* 10 pre-installed, it most likely 
supports UEFI. Check with your system vendor to verify. 

2.1.2

 

UEFI BIOS Compatibility 

Booting from an NVMe PCIe SSD is only supported on systems that support UEFI, a system firmware that 
endeavors to improve upon legacy BIOS and standardize system processes, such as booting, loading drivers, and 
more. 

It is important that the operating system installer is booted in UEFI mode. Booting in UEFI allows the installer to 
create an entry in the UEFI boot menu and create a UEFI system partition on the boot device that will contain the 
bootloaders of installed operating systems. Upon start up, the boot manager will search the UEFI system partition 
for a valid operating system bootloader. This bootloader is then executed to load the operating system. 

Windows 7* does not support native UEFI booting without a Compatibility Support Module. As a result, system 
compatibility is limited and varies by vendor. 

To properly boot Windows 7 from an NVMe SSD, your system must support loading UEFI drivers when the 
Compatibility Support Module is enabled. To determine if your system is supported, check the following: 

 

Verify that the system BIOS Boot motherboard settings are configured to boot from UEFI devices. This is 
often the default on most modern motherboards. For the best chance of success, disable the legacy boot 
and select UEFI. 

 

Consult your motherboard vendor’s support website to find the latest UEFI BIOS for your 
particular motherboard. 

For maximum optimization, it is recommended to utilize PCIe Gen 3 x4.  
 

 

Содержание 760p series

Страница 1: ...Order Number 337025 001US Intel Solid State Drive 760p and Pro 7600p Series Installation Guide January 2018 ...

Страница 2: ...y You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases including the performance of that product when combined with other products All documented performance test results are obtained in compliance with JESD218 Standards refer to individual sub sections within this document for specific methodologies See www jedec org for detailed...

Страница 3: ... 5 2 1 2 UEFI BIOS Compatibility 5 2 1 3 Operating System Compatibility 6 2 2 Hardware 6 2 2 1 Hardware Installation 6 3 UEFI Configuration and Setup 7 3 1 Enabling the Compatibility Support 7 4 Windows InstallProcess 8 4 1 Windows 8 and Windows 10 8 4 2 Windows 7 8 4 2 1 USB 3 0 Driver Inject 10 5 Installation System Confirmation 12 Tables Table 1 Terminology 4 Table 2 References 4 Table 3 Window...

Страница 4: ... media connected through the PCIe bus thus resulting in increased overall bandwidth This high bandwidth bus technology is a data transport feature that has become an industry standard for a wide range of motherboard vendors today Table 1 Terminology Abbreviation Term Definition CSM Compatibility Support Module A UEFIfirmware featurethat enableslegacy BIOS style bootingby emulatingaBIOS environment...

Страница 5: ...acy BIOS and standardize system processes such as booting loading drivers and more It is important that the operating system installer is booted in UEFI mode Booting in UEFI allows the installer to create an entry in the UEFI boot menu and create a UEFI system partition on the boot device that will contain the bootloaders of installed operating systems Upon start up the boot manager will search th...

Страница 6: ...rs available on the Intel Support site Hardware NVMe hardware support is growing and becoming more of an industry standard specification but there may still be several motherboards on the market that are not properly configured to boot from NVMe SSDs Successful motherboard BIOS configurations vary widely and are heavily dependent on the motherboard manufacturer There is no specific set of options ...

Страница 7: ...mple ASUS Prime Z270 A BIOS Configuration Specifications Motherboard ASUS Prime Z270 A Chipset Intel Z270 Chipset BIOS Revision 0906 3 24 2017 Compatibility Notes UEFI is a requirement across all windows installations and CSM needs to be enabled for the Windows 7 operating system Windows 8 1 10 Boot options must be configured to UEFI Windows 7 1 Open CSM Compatibility Support Module under the Boot...

Страница 8: ...stem using the Intel SSD 5 At this time we recommended installing the Client NVMe Microsoft Windows Driver for Intel SSDs available here https downloadcenter intel com download 27396 Client NVMe Microsoft Windows Drivers for Intel SSDs v t Windows 7 For the Windows 7 OS support for SSDs that utilize the PCIe with NVMe interface was added at a later time as a Windows Update As a result the Windows ...

Страница 9: ...files from original installation DVD Attain a tool to zip and unzip files 7 Zip tool link located at http www 7 zip org Intel RST F6 Drivers for your platform downloaded and placed on USB media for use during OS installation https downloadcenter intel com product 55005 Intel Rapid Storage Technology Intel RST USB Drivers https downloadcenter intel com product 65855 Intel USB 3 0 eXtensible Host Co...

Страница 10: ...update all drivers with motherboard disk or download from vendor s site 4 2 3 USB 3 0 Driver Inject Note USB 3 0 drivers are backward compatible with USB 2 0 IntelrecommendsusingtheDISM commandswithintheCommand Prompt FortheGUImethod you can use applications such as Intel s Windows 7 USB 3 0 Creator Utility https downloadcenter intel com download 25476 Windows 7 USB 3 0 Creator Utility product 891...

Страница 11: ...r mount dism image mount add package Path of the USBDriver files i e C Win7USB USBDriver dism get packages image mount dism unmount wim mountdir mount commit 8 Modify the boot wim file by running these commands dism mount wim wimfile boot wim index 3 mountdir mount dism image mount add driver C Win7USB USB3 recurse dism get drivers image mount dism unmount wim mountdir mount commit 9 Now take your...

Страница 12: ... data as well as a current temperature and health status This tool can also be utilized to gather basic information such as buffer size firmware and serial numbers More advanced options such as command time out end to end error reads and relocation event count can be utilized for determining drive endurance and enabling analysis over the life of the drive https crystalmark info lang en CrystalDisk...

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