BIOS Setup Guide
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When the power is turned off (S5 shutdown state). If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/button in user's manual or refer to the "Load Optimized Defaults" section for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do it into the dedicated port, and then you need...
When the power is turned off (S5 shutdown state). If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/button in user's manual or refer to the "Load Optimized Defaults" section for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do it into the dedicated port, and then you need...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... CPU Cores Enabling Mode is set to enable. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. && Active P-Core/E-Core Allows you to select which CPU core to Manual. This item is configurable only when per Core HT Disable Settings && Core HT Disable Allows you to determine whether to let the CPU enter C6/C7 mode in system halt state. This item is configurable only when C-States Control is set to Enabled. && C6/C7 State Support...
... CPU Cores Enabling Mode is set to enable. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. && Active P-Core/E-Core Allows you to select which CPU core to Manual. This item is configurable only when per Core HT Disable Settings && Core HT Disable Allows you to determine whether to let the CPU enter C6/C7 mode in system halt state. This item is configurable only when C-States Control is set to Enabled. && C6/C7 State Support...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... enabled. Disabled Disables this function. Profile1 Uses Profile 1 settings. Profile2 Uses Profile 2 settings. (Available only when you install a memory module that supports this setting. && DDR5 XMP Booster Allows you to select among profiles that are built for CPU Turbo mode. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this feature.) && System Memory Multiplier Allows you to set to Enabled. When the CPU power consumption exceeds the specified power limit, the CPU will automatically reduce the core frequency...
... enabled. Disabled Disables this function. Profile1 Uses Profile 1 settings. Profile2 Uses Profile 2 settings. (Available only when you install a memory module that supports this setting. && DDR5 XMP Booster Allows you to select among profiles that are built for CPU Turbo mode. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this feature.) && System Memory Multiplier Allows you to set to Enabled. When the CPU power consumption exceeds the specified power limit, the CPU will automatically reduce the core frequency...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... Memory Frequency is set to a specific point. Please note that if the system becomes unstable or unbootable, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. (Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/ button in Chapter 2 of the user's manual for how to improve the maximum OC frequency potential. && Memory Boot Mode Provides memory detection and training methods. Auto Lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Normal The BIOS...
... Memory Frequency is set to a specific point. Please note that if the system becomes unstable or unbootable, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. (Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/ button in Chapter 2 of the user's manual for how to improve the maximum OC frequency potential. && Memory Boot Mode Provides memory detection and training methods. Auto Lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Normal The BIOS...
BIOS Setup Guide
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...when entering the operating system (because of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. && Audio Controller Enables or disables the onboard audio function. IO Ports && Initial Display Output Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGFX Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. PCIe 1 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot as the first display. PCIe 2 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX8 slot as the first display. PCIe 3 Slot Sets the graphics card on...
...when entering the operating system (because of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. && Audio Controller Enables or disables the onboard audio function. IO Ports && Initial Display Output Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGFX Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. PCIe 1 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot as the first display. PCIe 2 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX8 slot as the first display. PCIe 3 Slot Sets the graphics card on...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... Enables or disables the onboard serial port. && Parallel Port Enables or disables the onboard parallel port. Gigabyte Utilities Downloader Configuration && Gigabyte Utilities Downloader Configuration Allows you to determine whether to wake up from the Windows Deployment Services server. && IPv4 PXE Support Enables or disables IPv4 PXE Support. This sub-menu appears only on motherboards that have an onboard Intel® Thunderbolt™ controller or motherboards that have a GIGABYTE Thunderbolt™ add-in card installed. && PCIE Tunneling over USB4 Enables or disables PCIE...
... Enables or disables the onboard serial port. && Parallel Port Enables or disables the onboard parallel port. Gigabyte Utilities Downloader Configuration && Gigabyte Utilities Downloader Configuration Allows you to determine whether to wake up from the Windows Deployment Services server. && IPv4 PXE Support Enables or disables IPv4 PXE Support. This sub-menu appears only on motherboards that have an onboard Intel® Thunderbolt™ controller or motherboards that have a GIGABYTE Thunderbolt™ add-in card installed. && PCIE Tunneling over USB4 Enables or disables PCIE...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... Link Power Management), for the Chipset SATA controllers. && Port Enables or disables each SATA port. && SATA Port DevSlp Allows you to determine whether to let the connected SATA device go into sleep mode. && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for IPv4. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. NVMe Configuration Displays information on the SATA/M.2 connector you to Enabled. To create RAID configurations, set Enable VMD controller to Enabled and set the...
... Link Power Management), for the Chipset SATA controllers. && Port Enables or disables each SATA port. && SATA Port DevSlp Allows you to determine whether to let the connected SATA device go into sleep mode. && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for IPv4. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. NVMe Configuration Displays information on the SATA/M.2 connector you to Enabled. To create RAID configurations, set Enable VMD controller to Enabled and set the...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... lighting mode when the system enters S3/S4/S5 state. && RST_SW (MULTIKEY) (Functionality of the RST_SW Button) Set this button to HW Reset Use the button to reset your system. Set this button to Switch LED On/Off Use the button to turn on/off the motherboard LEDs. Set this button to Enter BIOS Setup Use the button to the hardware specification of the motherboard LEDs in System Power On State is set the operation mode of the CPU-controlled PCI Express slots. This item is configurable when LEDs...
... lighting mode when the system enters S3/S4/S5 state. && RST_SW (MULTIKEY) (Functionality of the RST_SW Button) Set this button to HW Reset Use the button to reset your system. Set this button to Switch LED On/Off Use the button to turn on/off the motherboard LEDs. Set this button to Enter BIOS Setup Use the button to the hardware specification of the motherboard LEDs in System Power On State is set the operation mode of the CPU-controlled PCI Express slots. This item is configurable when LEDs...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... graphics controllers. Do not launch Disables option ROM. UEFI Enables UEFI option ROM only. Legacy Enables legacy option ROM only. This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. This item is configurable only when CSM Support is set to Enabled. && Storage Boot Option Control Allows you to select which type of the USB devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. Partial Initial Part of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. && VGA Support...
... graphics controllers. Do not launch Disables option ROM. UEFI Enables UEFI option ROM only. Legacy Enables legacy option ROM only. This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. This item is configurable only when CSM Support is set to Enabled. && Storage Boot Option Control Allows you to select which type of the USB devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. Partial Initial Part of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. && VGA Support...
RAID Setup Guide
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Installing hard drives...2 B. Rebuilding an Array...9 - 1 - Enabling an Intel® Optane™ Memory 8 B. Configuring the BIOS settings 3 C. Configuring a RAID Set (Intel® Z790/B760 Series) Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings 2 A. Configuring a RAID Array...3 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System 7 Installing Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management 8 A.
Installing hard drives...2 B. Rebuilding an Array...9 - 1 - Enabling an Intel® Optane™ Memory 8 B. Configuring the BIOS settings 3 C. Configuring a RAID Set (Intel® Z790/B760 Series) Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings 2 A. Configuring a RAID Array...3 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System 7 Installing Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management 8 A.
RAID Setup Guide
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... drive Fault Tolerance No RAID 1 RAID 5 2 ≥3 Size of the smallest drive Yes (Number of hard drives -1) * Size of the smallest drive Yes RAID 10 4 (Number of hard drives/2) * Size of the user's manuals for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors. - 2 - B. Install the RAID driver and operating system. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives/SSDs in your power supply to the "Internal Connectors" section of the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup...
... drive Fault Tolerance No RAID 1 RAID 5 2 ≥3 Size of the smallest drive Yes (Number of hard drives -1) * Size of the smallest drive Yes RAID 10 4 (Number of hard drives/2) * Size of the user's manuals for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors. - 2 - B. Install the RAID driver and operating system. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives/SSDs in your power supply to the "Internal Connectors" section of the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup...
RAID Setup Guide
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... install the operating system. When a screen as shown below : Step 1: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on an M.2 PCIe SSD or a RAID volume, you want to install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb drive. If you need to install the Intel® RST VMD Controller driver...
... install the operating system. When a screen as shown below : Step 1: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on an M.2 PCIe SSD or a RAID volume, you want to install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb drive. If you need to install the Intel® RST VMD Controller driver...
User Manual
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... Chapter 1 Product Introduction 4 1-1 Motherboard Layout 4 1-2 Box Contents...6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 2-1 Installation Precautions 7 2-2 Product Specifications 8 2-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 11 2-4 Installing the Memory 14 2-5 Installing an Expansion Card 15 2-6 Back Panel Connectors 16 2-7 Onboard Buttons 18 2-8 Internal Connectors 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 30 Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 32 4-1 Operating System Installation 32 4-2 Drivers Installation 33 Chapter 5 Appendix...34 5-1 Configuring a RAID Set 34 Regulatory Notices...35...
... Chapter 1 Product Introduction 4 1-1 Motherboard Layout 4 1-2 Box Contents...6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 2-1 Installation Precautions 7 2-2 Product Specifications 8 2-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 11 2-4 Installing the Memory 14 2-5 Installing an Expansion Card 15 2-6 Back Panel Connectors 16 2-7 Onboard Buttons 18 2-8 Internal Connectors 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 30 Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 32 4-1 Operating System Installation 32 4-2 Drivers Installation 33 Chapter 5 Appendix...34 5-1 Configuring a RAID Set 34 Regulatory Notices...35...
User Manual
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... same time jl Support for B760M DS3H AX. 2-2 Product Specifications CPU LGA1700 socket: Support for the 13th and 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® B760 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio Support for DDR5 4800/4000 MT...
... same time jl Support for B760M DS3H AX. 2-2 Product Specifications CPU LGA1700 socket: Support for the 13th and 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® B760 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio Support for DDR5 4800/4000 MT...
User Manual
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...x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x CPU fan header 3 x system fan headers 1 x addressable LED strip header 1 x RGB LED strip header 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only) 1 x serial port header km 1 x parallel port header km 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x Q-Flash Plus button 1 x reset button lm 1 x reset jumper 1 x Clear CMOS jumper MM Only for B760M DS3H. NN...
...x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x CPU fan header 3 x system fan headers 1 x addressable LED strip header 1 x RGB LED strip header 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only) 1 x serial port header km 1 x parallel port header km 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x Q-Flash Plus button 1 x reset button lm 1 x reset jumper 1 x Clear CMOS jumper MM Only for B760M DS3H. NN...
User Manual
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... make any changes to download the latest version of apps. Support for Q-Flash Support for Q-Flash Plus Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) LAN bandwidth management software Support for Windows 11 64-bit Support for support lists of CPU, memory modules, SSDs, and M.2 devices. https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Utility/Motherboard?m=ut - 10 - Supported functions of each application may vary by motherboard model. Back Panel Connectors 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R) jl...
... make any changes to download the latest version of apps. Support for Q-Flash Support for Q-Flash Plus Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) LAN bandwidth management software Support for Windows 11 64-bit Support for support lists of CPU, memory modules, SSDs, and M.2 devices. https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Utility/Motherboard?m=ut - 10 - Supported functions of each application may vary by motherboard model. Back Panel Connectors 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R) jl...
User Manual
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... installed, the BIOS will double the original memory bandwidth. NN Only for B760M DS3H AX DDR4. It is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. A memory module can be used . MM Only for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) •• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to GIGABYTE's website for B760M DS3H AX. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications...
... installed, the BIOS will double the original memory bandwidth. NN Only for B760M DS3H AX DDR4. It is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. A memory module can be used . MM Only for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) •• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to GIGABYTE's website for B760M DS3H AX. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications...
User Manual
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... wire). When connecting a fan cable, be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN 1 SYS_FAN1/ SYS_FAN2 1 SYS_FAN3 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND Voltage Speed Control Sense PWM Speed Control Connector Maximum Current Maximum Power CPU_FAN 2A 24W SYS_FAN1~3 2A 24W DEBUG PORT •• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to the "Configuring a RAID Set" page of GIGABYTE's website for instructions on this motherboard are not configuration jumper blocks. For optimum heat dissipation, it in damage to the "BIOS Setup...
... wire). When connecting a fan cable, be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN 1 SYS_FAN1/ SYS_FAN2 1 SYS_FAN3 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND Voltage Speed Control Sense PWM Speed Control Connector Maximum Current Maximum Power CPU_FAN 2A 24W SYS_FAN1~3 2A 24W DEBUG PORT •• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to the "Configuring a RAID Set" page of GIGABYTE's website for instructions on this motherboard are not configuration jumper blocks. For optimum heat dissipation, it in damage to the "BIOS Setup...
User Manual
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... access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during system startup, saving system parameters and loading operating system, etc. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or Q-Flash Plus utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to clear the CMOS values. && Please visit GIGABYTE's website for how to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• Q-Flash Plus allows you not flash the BIOS...
... access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during system startup, saving system parameters and loading operating system, etc. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or Q-Flash Plus utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to clear the CMOS values. && Please visit GIGABYTE's website for how to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• Q-Flash Plus allows you not flash the BIOS...
User Manual
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... to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on a RAID volume, you to install the Intel® RST VMD Controller driver first during the OS installation process. When the screen requesting you need to load the driver appears, select Browse. To install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to load the driver and continue...
... to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on a RAID volume, you to install the Intel® RST VMD Controller driver first during the OS installation process. When the screen requesting you need to load the driver appears, select Browse. To install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to load the driver and continue...