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# Optane M10-No worky On MSI Z690 Edge Wifi DDR4
- URL: https://pupontech.com/optane-m10-no-worky-on/
- Published: 2026-01-29T08:05:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-29T08:05:55.000Z
- Description: Intel Optane does NOT work on the MSI Z690 Edge Wifi DDR4 board. And probably most other (MSI) Z690 boards.
- Author: AY
- Tags: Intel optane, optane, 12th gen optane, 12700k optane, Computers, Windows, msi optane

I use a ram disk for my Lightroom catalog's...don't ask. I thought instead I would try an Optane module to replace it. Well no matter what I did which included specifying PCIE speeds and gens, different slots, drivers, VMD on or off (including per device) etc, it would not show in bios. I can see a it in Aida64 in windows as a PCIE device but nothing more than that showed up.  
  
So yeah you can't use it as a storage drive on this board at least with a 12700k despite all the conflicting information online.  
  
Guess it will end up as a ZFS cache or what not at some point in the future.  
  
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