Intel Optane Memory Installation

[ronschumcaher]

Hello, I am currently trying to use the 32gb Intel Optane technology and my Gigabyte z370p d3 motherboard will not detect the m.2 stick. I have updated the bios and downloaded the drivers and the m.2 stick is still missing in action. I have tried to find the drive in the command prompt and nothing shows up besides the two 2tb sata hdd I currently have. My current theory is that I am some how using all 16 of my pcie lanes for my gtx 1080 maybe however I am unsure how to change this. I bought everything brand new so I couldn't imagine getting a fault stick from intel. Let me know if you have had the same problem and what fixed it! Also would like to other possible theories of why this would happen! 

 

Thanks in advance!

[Walt]

DId you follow this:

 

[ronschumcaher]

Yes I did, When I get through the installer, the software tells me that my pc is ready for intel optane, and asks me to then plug in the intel optane chip.